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PREFACE 


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“My  secret  is  out.  I  collect,  as  I  can,  human-interest 
books  —  books  with  a  provenance,  as  they  are  called,  but  as  I 
object  to  foreign  words,  I  once  asked  a  Bryn  Mawr  professor, 
Dr.  Holbrook,  to  give  me  an  English  equivalent.  ‘I  should 
have  to  make  one,’  he  said.  ‘You  know  the  word  whereabouts, 
I  suppose.’  I  admitted  that  I  did.  ‘How  would  whence- 
abouts  do?’  I  thought  it  good. 

“In  recent  years,  presentation,  or  association  books  have 
become  the  rage,  and  the  reason  is  plain.  Every  one  is 
unique,  though  some  are  un'iquer  than  others.  My  advice  to 
any  one  who  may  be  tempted  by  some  volume  with  an  inscrip¬ 
tion  of  an  author  on  its  fly-leaf  or  title-page  is,  ‘  Yield  with 
coy  submission’ —  and  at  once.  While  such  books  make  fright¬ 
ful  inroads  on  one’s  bank  account,  I  have  regretted  only  my 
economies,  never  my  extravagances. 

—  A.  Edward  Newton,  The  Amenities  of 
Book-Collecting,  1918,  pages  17-18. 


To  one  of  the  association  books  advertised  in  the  present 
catalogue  belongs  a  rather  good  little  story.  A  bookseller  wras 
debating  wTith  a  friend  whether  or  not  to  put  into  a  forthcom¬ 
ing  catalogue  a  certain  little  book,  valued  at  $500.  An  ordi¬ 
nary  copy  of  this  book  is  worth  about  $20,  The  increase  of 
$480  was  due  to  a  two-line  inscription  by  the  author.  The 
bookseller  looked  lovingly  at  the  book,  read  the  inscription 
aloud,  pronounced  it  unique,  fine,  exquisite,  most  admirable  — 
all  of  which  is  true.  Finally  he  said,  with  a  laugh:  “Oh, 
let  it  go  into  the  catalogue  —  I  bet  you  nobody  will  buy  it !  ” 

The  sentiment  expressed  in  this  true  story  is  worthy  of  any 
man,  whether  collector  or  bookseller  —  or  both.  Some  books 
almost  are  too  good  to  be  sold.  The  advertisement  of  fond 
associations,  the  placing  of  money  values  on  evidences  of  per¬ 
sonal  respect,  is  not  merely  a  matter  of  calm  business,  but  one 
of  conscience  as  well. 

Ideally  and  morally,  nobody  has  a  right  to  trade  in  the 
copies  of  books  given  by  Dickens  to  his  friends.  Here  also 


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are  books  inscribed  bv  Riley,  Field,  Wm.  Morris,  and  many 
others.  Who  deserves  to  inherit  such  keepsakes  —  except 
those  who  step  into  the  place  of  personal  and  contemporary 
friends,  after  the  author  as  well  as  his  intimate  circle  are 
gone? 

The  defense  of  a  trade  in  books  of  “provenance”  and  per¬ 
sonal  association  is  not  the  making  of  money,  nor  even  the 
presence  of  a  demand ;  it  is  the  creation  of  a  historical  con¬ 
tinuity  of  memories  and  of  personal  relations  too  precious  to 
be  lost. 

With  this  understanding,  the  prices,  whether  high  or  low, 
are  quite  incidental.  The  bookseller  cannot  change  the  rise  or 
fall  of  values.  Such  books  as  recorded  in  this  catalogue  most¬ 
ly  are  scarce  enough  to  render  their  transit  through  a  busi¬ 
ness  house  a  matter  of  prestige  and  honor  more  than  one  of 
business.  We  hope  this  reason  as  well  as  the  intrinsic  value 
of  the  books,  will  justify  our  satisfaction  in  being  able  to  com¬ 
pile  a  catalogue  as  comprehensive  as  this,  of  a  class  of  books 
relatively  small,  each  book  without  its 'like  anywhere. 


INDEX 

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AUTOGRAPHS  AND  ASSOCIATION  FEATURES  NOT  EVIDENT 

FROM  THE  ARRANGEMENT 


A ’Beckett,  G.,  47 
Agnew,  William,  72 
Ainsworth,  W.  TI.,  47 
Alexandra  (Queen),  170 
Ashburton  (Lady),  31 
Atterbury  (Bishop),  144 

Barrett,  Wilson,  108 
“  Barry  Cornwall’  ’  (Proctor,  B. 
W.),  47 

Bartlett,  Elisha,  45 
Bates,  Arlo,  69 
Blessington  (Countess  of),  47 
Boswell,  Alexander,  155 
Braybrooke  (Lord),  141a 
Brown,  Ford  Madox,  172 
Browning,  Elizabeth  B.,  117 
Browning,  Robert,  33 

Caine,  Hall,  93 
Carlyle,  Thomas,  47 
Catherwood,  Annie,  126 
Chapman,  Thos.,  49 
Charles  the  First,  binding,  8 
Clutterbuck,  Robert,  191 
Coleridge,  S.,  47 
Collins,  Thomas  A.,  47 
Collins,  W.  W.,  47 
Colvin,  Sir  Sidney,  58,  136,  142. 
166 

Craigie,  Edmund,  18 
Craigie  (Mrs.),  95 
Cruikshank,  George,  47 
Cunningham,  Peter,  47 
Currer,  Frances  Mary,  160 

Dalziel,  Gilbert,  140 
Delcombe  (Mrs.).  48 
De  Thou,  Jacques  Auguste,  35 
Dickens,  M.  F.,  47 
Dilke,  Sir  Charles,  47 
Disraeli,  Benj.,  47 
Dobson,  Austin,  150 


D’Orsay  (Count),  47 
Dumas,  Alex.,  pere,  47 
Emerson,  R.  W.,  47 
Evelyn,  John,  141a 
Fitzgerald,  Edward,  7 

Forster,  John,  47 
Francis,  John  W.,  45 
Franklin  (Lady),  99 
Freiligrath,  27 
Frith,  Wm.,  47 

Gaskell  (Mrs),  47 
Gladstone,  W.  E.,  47 
Greeley,  Horace,  47 

Hall  (Mrs.  S.  C.),  47 
Hallam,  Arthur  Henry,  187 
Harriman,  Roy,  204 
Harte,  Bret,  47 
Halleck,  Fitz  Greene,  25 
Hood,  Thos.,  47 
Houghton,  47 
Hugo,  Victor,  47 
Hughes,  Thomas,  9,  164 
Hunt,  Leigh,  47 
Hunt,  W.  Holman,  47 

Ingram,  J.  H.,  132 
Irving,  Washington,  47 

James,  Henry,  61,  84 
Jeffrey,  Lord  N.,  47 
Jerrold,  'Douglas,  47 
Johnson,  Lionel,  155 

Kemble,  C.,  47 

Lamartine,  A.  de,  47 
Landor,  W.  S.,  47 
Landseer,  E.,  47 
Lang,  Andrew,  68 
Leech,  John,  47 


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Lemon,  Mark,  47 
Leslie,  C.  R.,  47 
Lewes,  G.  H.,  47 
Lloyd,  Charles,  210 
Lockhart,  F.  G.,  187 
Longfellow,  H.  W.,  47 
Louis,  Philippe,  47 
Lytton  {Lord),  47 

Maclise,  D.,  47 
Macreacly,  W.  C.,  47 
Macrone,  J.,  47 
Maioli-style  binding,  35 
Malone,  Edmund,  191 
Marryat,  Ccipt.,  47 
Martin,  Theodore,  113 
Matthews,  Janies  N.,  146 
Maynard,  Samuel,  21 
Mazzini,  47 

Metternich  (Prince),  77 
Moore,  Thos.,  47,  101 
Morris,  William,  97,  98 

Napier  (Lady),  115 
Napoleon  I.,  128,  190 
Napoleon  III,  47 

O  ’Connell,  Daniel,  47 
O’Sullivan,  Vincent,  93 

Payne,  John,  60 
Peel,  Robert,  47 
Picardet,  Hughes (?),  35 
Pollock,  Fredk.,  58 
Prideaux,  W.  F.,  52,  168 
Prior,  Matthew,  133 
Proctor,  B.  W.,  47 

Read,  Opie,  135 
Reade,  Chas.,  47 
Reeves,  John  Simms,  47 
Rogers,  Sami.,  47 
Rossetti,  D.  G.,  93 
Ruskin,  John,  47,  67,  123 
Russell,  (Lord)  John,  47 


Sala,  George  A.,  18,  47 
Schumann,  Robert,  100 
Sessler,  Charles,  86 
Sherard,  R.  H.,  41 
Shorthouse,  J.  H.,  211 
Siddons  (Mrs.),  47 
Southey,  Robert,  209 
Stevenson,  Robert  Louis,  107,  ISO 
Stoddard,  Charles  Warren,  96 
Swinburne,  A.  C.,  47,  91,  92,  103, 
118,  125,  159,  165a 
Symons,  Arthur,  54,  149,  185 

Talfourd  (Sergt.),  47 
Tenniel,  John,  drawings,  1 
Tennyson,  Alfred,  47 
Tennyson,  Charles,  55 
Thackeray,  Anne  (Mrs.  Ritchie),. 
148 

Thackeray,  William  M.,  44,  147 
Toole,  J.  L.,  47 
Traill,  H.  D.,  198 
Turner,  J.  M.  W.,  47 
Tweedale,  Carrie,  94 

Vaughn,  Sir  John,  191 
Victoria  (Queen),  47,  99,  119 
Walpole,  Horace,  157,  199 
Washington,  Bushrod,  189a 
Washington,  Corbin,  189a 
Washington,  William  A.,  189a 
Watson,  Sir  T.,  47 
Watts-Dunston,  Theo.,  97,  98,  104, 
105,  106,  124,  127,  151,  159 
Webber,  Samuel,  42 
Wellington,  Duke  of,  47 
Wesley,  Samuel,  15 
Whistler,  J.  A.,  114 
Wilde,  Oscar,  14,  93,  174 
Wilkie,  Sir  D.,  47 
Wise,  Thos.  J.,  168 
Wordsworth,  Wm.,  47,  156 

Yates,  Edmund,  47 
Yonge,  Charlotte,  30 


Walter  M.  Hill’s 

Catalogue  of 

Presentation  Copies  and  Association  Books 


Aesop’s  Fables  with  the  Original  Drawings  by 

Sir  John  Tenniel 

1.  AESOP'S  FABLES:  A  New  Version  chiefly  from 
Original  Sources  by  Rev.  Thomas  James.  With  more  than 
One  Hundred  Illustrations  bg  John  Tenniel.  Bound  in  two 
volumes  8vo.  Magnificently  bound  by  Riviere  in  an  exhibi¬ 
tion  binding  of  red  crushed  levant  morocco,  the  sides  elaborate¬ 
ly  gilt  in  a  Greek  pattern  on  a  point  ille  ground  at  the  borders 
relieved  with  conventional  foliage  in  mosaic  inlay,  the  centre 
panel  bordered  with  scroll  work  in  mosaic  inlay ;  the  back  gilt 
with  pointille  and  small  tool  work  with  mosaics;  the  inside  of 
the  covers  double  with  a  centre  panel  of  green  morocco  gilt 
with  a  rectangular  design,  surrounded  by  a  double  border  of 
mosaic  inlay  in  contrasting  colors;  top  edges  gilt.  Preserved 

in  morocco  solancler  case.  London,  1848.  $1200.00 

Extra-illustrated  and  extended  to  two  volumes  by  the  insertion  of 
108  of  the  original  pencil  drawings  (one  or  two  in  colors)  made  by 
Tenniel  for  the  illustrations.  A  fine  example  of  Tenniel ’s  early  draw¬ 
ings,  made  about  the  time  he  joined  the  staff  of  ‘‘Punch”  and  began 
the  series  of  cartoons  for  which  he  was  famed. 

2.  ALDRICH  (Thomas  Bailey).  Poems.  Revised  and 
Complete.  Household  Edition.  Portrait  and  Illustrations. 

Crown  8vo,  cloth.  Boston,  n.  d.  $16.00 

Inserted  is  the  sonnet  “Andromeda”  in  the  author’s  autograph 
and  signed;  with  his  signature  also  appearing  on  the  fly-leaf. 

3.  ALDRICH  (Thomas  Bailey).  Two  Bites  at  a 

Cherry,  with  other  Tales.  12mo.  Boston,  1894.  $10.00 

First  edition.  Autographed  by  author. 

4.  ALGER  (R.  A.).  The  Spanish-American  War.  Por¬ 
trait  and  maps.  8vo,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.  New  York,  1901. 

$5.00 

Inscribed  and  signed  by  the  author. 

4a.  ALLISON  (Young  Ewing).  The  Delicious  Vice. 
Pipe-Dreams  and  Fond  Adventures  of  an  Habitual  Novel- 


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Reader  among*  some  Great  Books  and  their  People.  Second 
edition  (revised  and  containing  new  material).  12mo,  boards, 
uncut.  Chicago,  Prairieland  Pub.  Co.,  1918.  $5.00 

Inserted  are  an  autograph  note  by  the  author,  and  a  copy  of  his 
private  edition  of  his  famous  poem,  Derelict;  a  Reminiscence  of 
Treasure  Island. 


5.  ARCHER  (William).  Masks  or  Faces;  a  Study  in 
the  Psychology  of  Acting.  8vo,  cloth.  London,  1888.  $5.00 

With  author ’s  autograph  on  fly-leaf. 


G.  ARCHER  (William).  Study  and  Stage ;  a  Year-Book 
of  Criticism.  8vo.  London,  1899.  $5.00 

First  edition,  with  author’s  autograph  on  fly-leaf. 

7.  ARIOSTO :  Orlando  Furioso  in  English.  Heroic 
Verse,  by  John  Harrington  .  .  .  Now  secondly  imprinted 

the  yeere  1607.  Folio,  black  calf.  $30.00 

Edward  Fitzgerald’s  copy,  with  his  manuscript  notes  at  the  end, 
and  his  book-plate. 

Charles  First’s  Copy  with  II is  Arms  on  the  Sides 


8.  BACON  (Sir  Francis).  Of  the  Advancement  and 
Proficience  of  Learning  or  the  Partitions  of  Sciences  in  IX 
Bookes.  Interpreted  by  Gilbert  Wats.  Portrait  and  engraved 
title  by  Wm.  Marshall.  Folio,  hound  in  full  contemporary  old 
calf  binding.  Charles  the  First’s  Copy  with  his  Arms  on  the 
sides,  gilt  over  rough  edges.  Oxford:  Printed  by  Leon  Lich¬ 
field,  1610.  $250.00 


9.  BARHAM  (Richard  Harris).  The  Life  and  Letters 
of  the  Rev.  Richard  Harris  Barham,  Author  of  The  Ingoldsbv 
Legends :  with  a  Selection  from  his  Miscellaneous  Poems.  By 
his  Son.  2  vols.,  12mo,  original  cloth.  London:  Richard  Bent¬ 
ley,  1870.  $17.50 

Presentation  copy  to  Thomas  Hughes:  “  Titos.  Hughes  from  the 
Author,  187 0.” 


10.  BARRIE  (J.  M.).  The  Little  White  Bird.  First 
edition,  crown  8vo,  cloth,  gilt  tops,  uncut.  London,  Hodder  & 
Stoughton,  1902.  $8.00 

With  author’s  signature  inserted. 


11.  BARRIE  (J.  M.).  Peter  and  Wendy.  First  edition, 

crown  8 vo,  in  original  green  cloth.  London,  Hodder  &  Stough¬ 
ton.  $12.00 

With  autographed  note  in  author’s  handwriting  inserted. 

12.  [BARRIE]  :  Hammerton  (J.  A.).  J.  M.  Barrie  and 
his  Books.  Biographical  and  Critical  Studies.  First  edition, 


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crown  8vo,  in  original  black  cloth,  uncut.  London,  Horace 
Marshall  &  Son,  1900.  $6.00 

With  inserted  autograph  of  J.  M.  Barrie. 

13.  BAETLETT  (J.  E.).  Personal  Narrative  of  Ex¬ 

plorations  and  Incidents  in  Texas,  New  Mexico,  California, 
etc.  Map  and  numerous  plates.  2  vols.,  tall  8vo,  original 
cloth,  gilt,  N.  Y.,  1854.  $10.00 

Scarce.  With  autograph  presentation  inscription  from  the  author. 

With  Autograph  Letter  of  Oscar  Wilde 

14.  BEAEDSLEY  (Aubrey).  Ben  Jonson  his  Volpone : 

or  the  Foxe.  With  a  critical  Essay  on  the  Author  by  Vincent 
O’Sullivan.  Frontispiece,  five  initial  letters,  and  a  cover  de¬ 
sign  illustrative  and  decorative  by  Aubrey  Beardsley,  together 
with  an  eulogy  of  the  Artist  by  Eobert  Eoss.  First  edition, 
4to,  original  cloth.  London,  1898.  $100.00 

Inserted  is  a  long  and  most  highly  interesting  Autograph  letter  (4 
pp.  8vo  and  envelope)  from  Oscar  Wilde  to  the  publishers,  acknowl¬ 
edging  the  present  of  a  copy  of  the  book  and  going  into  details  con¬ 
cerning  Beardsley’s  illustrations: 

il  Thanks  so  much  for  Volpone  —  it  is  a  very  fine  issue  indeed.  I 
don’t,  of  course,  think  Aubrey’s  designs  at  all  up  to  his  cover  work — 
not  to  * Salome ’  or  *  The  Rape  of  the  Loch’ — but  the  frontispiece  is< 
f ascinating ,  and  had  he  lived  he  wcndd  no  doubt  have  done  wonderful 
otlidr  illustrations.”  Etc.,  etc. 

Samuel  Wesley's  Copy 

15.  BEAUMONT  AND  FLETCHEE:  Fifty  Comedies 

and  Tragedies  written  by  Francis  Beaumont  and  John 
Fletcher,  Gentleman,  published  by  the  Authors’  Original 
Copies,  the  Songs  to  each  play  being  added.  Fine  engraved 
portrait  by  Marshall,  neatly  mounted.  Thick  folio,  newly 
bound  in  half  dark  brown  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges.  London, 
Printed  by  J.  Macock  for  John  Martyn,  Henry  Herringman, 
Richard  Marriott ,  1679.  $75.00 

A  most  interesting  copy,  as  having  belonged  to  Samuel  Wesley,  and 
has  inscription  on  fly-leaf,  11 E  Libris  Samuelis  Wesley.  Ex  dono 
Amici.  ’  ’ 

16.  BEDE  (Cuthbert).  Little  Mr,  Bouncer  and  His 

Friend  Verdant  Green.  With  illustrations  by  the  Author. 
12mo,  full  polished  calf  gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut.  London:  James 
Blackwood  &  Co.,  n.  d.  $20.00 

With  following  interesting  inscription  on  fly-leaf:  “  To  Henry 
Kenward  Esquire  of  Figaro  (in  the  pages  of  which  Little  Mr. 
Bouncer  first  appeared)  f  rom  the  author  ‘ Cuthbert  Bede.’  Stretton 
Rectory  Oakham  Feb  :  7.  1873.  ’  ’ 

17.  [BECKFOED  (William)].  Italy;  with  Sketches  of 
Spain  and  Portugal.  By  the  Author  of  “Vathek.  ”  Second 


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edition,  revised.  2  vols.,  8vo,  full  brown  morocco  gilt,  gilt 
edges.  London:  Richard  Bentley ,  1834.  $5.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author. 

18.  BELLEW  (J.  C.  M.).  Poet’s  Corner;  a  Manual  for 

Students  in  English  Poetry ;  with  biographical  sketches  of  the 
Authors.  12mo,  half  calf.  London,  1868.  $12.00 

George  Augustus  Sala’s  copy,  with  his  autograph  on  title-page  and 
an  interesting  note  about  his  library  and  about  the  author  of  this 
book.  On  the  title-page  is  also  the  autograph  of  Edmund  Craigie. 

19.  BELLOC  (Hilaire).  The  Girondin.  Crown  8vo,  in 
green  cloth,  illustrated.  London,  Thos.  Nelson  &  Sons,  n.  d. 

$2.50 

With  author’s  autograph  inserted. 

20.  BENNETT  (E.  Arnold).  Journalism  for  Women: 

a  Practical  Guide.  First  Edition,  small  8vo,  clean  in  original 
cloth,  uncut.  London,  1898.  Scarce.  $16.00 

An  interesting  copy  bearing  on  the  fly-leaf  in  Arnold  Bennett’s 
handwriting: 

‘ 1  Out  of  print,  very  rare. 

It  is  easier  to  go  down  a  hill  than  up, 

But  the  view  is  from  the  top.  Arnold  Bennett.” 

21.  [BIERCE  (Ambrose)].  The  Fiend’s  Delight.  By 

Dod  Grile.  First  edition.  12mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Lon¬ 
don  :  Hotten,  n.  d.  (1873).  $16.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf: 

1  1  William  Sawyer,  Esqr.  with  compliments  of  The  Author  (and  the 
author’s  Collaborator)  Samuel  Maynard.”  The  author’s  name  is 
written  in  pencil. 

Diabolisms  taken  mainly  from  California  journals. 

22.  [BLAINE  (James  G.)].  Political  Discussions,  Leg¬ 
islative,  Diplomatic,  and  Popular.  1856-1886.  2  Portraits. 

8 vo,  half  brown  morocco,  marbled  edges.  Norwich,  Conn., 
1887.  ...  .  $3.00 

Author ’s  autograph  copy  with  his  signature  on  title-page. 

23.  BROWNING  (Robert)  :  White  (Thomas).  The 

Middle  State  of  Souls.  16mo,  old  half  calf,  enclosed  in  a 
full  green  straight-grain  morocco  slip-case,  by  Sangorski  and 
Sutcliffe.  N.  p.,  1659.  $35.00 

Browning’s  copy,  with  his  inscription  on  fly-leaf:  (( Bobert  Brown-' 
ing  (my  father’s  booh).”  There  are  a  few  MSS.  notes,  probably  by 
the  elder  Browning.  Unique  Browning  item. 

23a.  BROWNING  (Elizabeth  Barrett).  The  Sera¬ 
phim  and  Other  Poems.  By  Elizabeth  B.  Barrett.  Portrait 
inserted.  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut,  in  slip  case.  London, 
1838.  $100.00 

Fine  copy  of  the  rare  First  Edition.  A  presentation  copy  from  the 
author  to  the  Rev.  Louis  Capell,  with  autograph  inscription  on  the 
title.  Mrs.  Browning  has  also  corrected  typographical  errors  on 
pages  133,  159  and  177. 


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24.  BURNS  (Robert).  First  Issue  of  the  First  Edin¬ 
burgh  Edition  of  the  Poems  with  Manuscript.  Poems 
Chiefly  in  the  Scottish  Dialect.  By  Robert  Burns.  Portrait 
by  Beugo.  8vo,  polished  calf  gilt,  gilt  back,  inside  gilt  bor¬ 
ders,  gilt  edges  by  Sangorski  and  Sutcliffe.  Edinburgh,  1787. 

$200.00 

Inserted  is  a  portion  of  the  original  First  Autograph  of  Burns  of 
the  glossary  at  the  end,  certified  by  Robert  Burns,  son  of  the  poet,  to 
be  genuine. 

Two  issues  are  known  of  this  first  Edinburgh  edition  of  Burns. 
Some  writers  have  made  a  point  of  a  curved  top  “T”  as  an  indica¬ 
tion,  but  this  special  letter  occurs  in  both  issues,  appearing  and  dis¬ 
appearing  in  an  inconclusive  manner.  The  first  issue,  as  in  this  ex¬ 
ample,  should  have  both  the  erroneous  spellings  1  ‘  Boxborough  ’  ’  in 
the  list  of  subscribers,  and  ‘ 1  stinking  ’  ’  in  the  ‘  ‘  Ode  to  a  Haggis. 5  ’ 
In  addtion,  the  notes  at  the  foot  of  several  of  the  pages  occupy  a 
line  or  so  more  in  this  first  issue,  while  in  the  second  they  have  been 
condensed  to  save  space.  There  are  also  several  other  minor  changes 
of  spelling  in  the  second  issue. 

An  exceptionally  tall  fine  and  clean  cox>y  with  large  margins. 

26.  CABLE  (George  W.).  Strong  Hearts.  First  Edi¬ 
tion.  12mo,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.  New  York,  1899.  $9.00 

Inscription  and  signature  of  the  author  on  the  fly-leaf. 

27.  CALVERT  (George  H.).  Count  Julian;  a  Tragedy : 

Cabiro :  A  Poem ;  Miscellany  of  Verse  and  Prose.  3  parts  in  1 
vol.,  12mo,  wrappers.  Baltimore  :  N.  Hickman ,  1840.  $5.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf:  “Mr.  Freiligrath 
with  the  author’s  compliments.  Boppart,  August  4th,  1842.” 

28.  CAMPBELL  (Thomas).  Theodric  :  A  Domestic  Tale 
and  Other  Poems.  First  edition.  12mo,  original  boards,  paper 
label,  uncut.  London :  Longman,  Hurst  &  Co.,  1824.  $17.50 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription:  “To  Louisa  Adams  with  the 
Author’s  Affectionate  regard.” 

29.  CARROLL  (Lewis).  Sylvie  and  Bruno  Concluded. 

With  forty-six  illustrations  by  Harry  Furniss.  First  edition. 
Crown  8vo,  in  the  original  cloth,  gilt  edges.  London :  Macmil¬ 
lan  &  Co.,  1893.  $30.00 

Presentation  copy  with  following  inscription :  ‘  ‘  Bernard  Peters, 

from  the  Author.  May  26,  1896.” 

From  the  Browning  collection. 

Presentation  Copy  to  Mrs.  Carlyle 

31.  [CARLYLE  (Mrs.)]  Farie  (Robert).  The  Rus¬ 
sian  Empire,  its  People,  Institutions,  and  Resources.  By 


831  Marshall  Field  Building ,  Chicago 


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Baron  von  Haxthausen.  2  vols.,  8vo,  original  cloth.  London, 
1856.  $30.00 

Presentation  copy  to  Jane  Welsh  Carlyle,  and  then  presented  by 
Mrs.  Carlyle  to  Lady  Ashburton,  with  two  interesting  signed  auto¬ 
graphs  on  fly-leaf  as  follows: 

‘  ‘  To  Mrs.  Carlyle  with  kind  regards  from  Robert  Farie.  ’  ’ 

“ Made  over  to  the  Lady  Ashburton  in  memoriam! ! — J.  Carlyle.” 

32.  CARMAN  (Bliss).  Pipes  of  Pan.  Number  One 

from  the  Book  of  Myths.  First  edition,  frontispiece.  12mo, 
original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut.  Boston :  L.  C.  Page  &  Co., 
1902.  ^  $9.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf : 

1  ‘  O  pipes  of  Pan, 

Whose  music  ran 
Through  the  world  ere  ever 
My  age  Began. 

Bliss  Carman. 

Christmas,  1902. 

To  Dr.  Adams.” 

33.  CASANOVA.  Memoires  de  Jacques  Casanova  de 

Seingalt.  Edition  originate  la  seule  complete.  6  vols.  in  3  ' 
thick  12mo,  half  calf  gilt,  marbled  edges  (rubbed).  Brux¬ 
elles,  1879.  $50.00 

Robert  Browning’s  copy  with  name  written  by  him  on  the  fly-leaf. 

33a.  CAWEIN  (Madison).  The  Triumph  of  Music,  and 
other  Lyrics.  12mo,  paper,  ornamental  cover.  Louisville, 
1888.  *  $6.00 

Cawein ’s  first  book.  Autograph  inscription  on  fly-leaf:  “To 
Henry  Baird  from  Ms  friend,  Madison  Cawein.”  Inserted  is  ai 
photograph  of  the  poet’s  grave  at  Cave  Hill  Cemetery,  Louisville. 

34.  CESARESCO  (Countess  Evelyn  M.).  Essays  in 

the  Study  of  Folk-Songs.  Crown  8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  Lon¬ 
don,  1886.  $6.00 

With  inscription  by  the  author  on  fly-leaf. 

35.  CICERO :  M.  Tullii  Cicernois  Epistolae  ad  Atti- 

cum  .  .  .  Pauli  Manutii  in  easdem  epistolas  Scholia. 

Lutetias  (i.e.,  Paris),  Bob.  Stephanas,  1547.  2  vols.  in  1,  thick 
16mo.  $500.00 

From  the  collection  originally  formed  by  the  famous  French  his¬ 
torian,  book  collector  and  friend  of  Grolier.  The  name  Jacques- 
Auguste  de  Thou  written  in  capitals,  appears  on  each  of  the  title 
pages  and  also  on  the  last  leaf  of  the  second  volume.  De  Thou’s 
collection,  generally  known  as  the  “  Bibliotheca  Thuana”  is  famous 
in  the  annals  of  book  collecting,  both  for  its  great  intrinsic  merit  as 
well  as  for  its  romantic  history.  It  was  long  a  saying  among  the 
French  that  no  one  had  seen  Paris  who  had  not  looked  upon  the  books 
of  Thouanus.  Besides  holding  a  leading  place  in  literature  as  a  his¬ 
torian,  De  Thou  wTas  widely  famed  for  his  general  scholarship  and 


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his  intelligent  support  of  all  who  labored  about  books.  In  selecting 
his  own  copies  he  was  most  fastidious.  When  he  heard  that  a  valu- 
able  work  was  about  to  be  published,  he  would  order  three  or  four 
copies  struck  off  for  himself  on  a  specially  fine  paper  manufactured 
for  his  private  use.  If  such  a  work  had  already  been  published,  he 
would  order  several  sets  of  sheets  to  be  taken  to  pieces  in  order  to 
procure  one  perfect  example.  His  collection  numbered  about  8000 
printed  books  and  1000  manuscripts,  all  well  selected,  well  bound,  and 
in  perfect  condition.  At  his  death  it  passed  to  his  sons.  The  young¬ 
est  was  almost  as  enthusiastic  a  bibliophile  as  his  father,  and,  more¬ 
over,  he  had  the  good  fortune  to  marry  an  heiress,  Marie  Picardet, 
daughter  of  Hughes  Picardet,  an  eminent  magistrate  and  book  col¬ 
lector  of  Brittany.  The  name  1 1  Picardet  ’  ’  is  written  on  the  title 
page  of  the  present  volume.  He  Thou,  Grolier,  Maioli  and  Picardet 
were  all  friends  and  fellow  booklovers  and  frequently  exchanged  or 
presented  books  to  each  other. 

In  1677  the  “Bibliotheca  Thuana“  passed  to  the  Abbe  J.  A.  de 
Thou  who,  however,  was  soon  obliged  to  dispose  of  it  to  the  President 
Charron  de  Menars.  It  next  passed  into  the  possession  of  the  Car¬ 
dinal  de  Rohan,  who  bequeathed  it  to  his  nephew,  the  Prince  de  Sou- 
bise,  famous  as  the  inventor  of  a  delectable  sauce  and  for  the  almost 
insane  frenzy  with  which  he  amassed  huge  quantities  of  books.  The 
vast  collection  of  the  Prince  de  Soubise  fell  under  the  hammer  of  the 
auctioneer  in  1789  and  with  it  went  the  books  gathered  two  centuries 
before  by  De  Thou.  This  little  volume  must  soon  after  have  found 
its  way  into  England,  for  on  its  fly-leaf  appears  the  inscription,  “  T : 
Hayley,  the  gift  of  his  dear  Father,  Jan :  29th,  1793.”  This  “T: 
Hayley”  was  Thomas  Hayley,  natural  son  of  William  Hayley,  the 
poet  and  biographer  of  William  Cowper. 

The  binding,  which  has  had  some  slight  restoration,  required  after 
an  existence  of  nearly  four  centuries,  is  of  brown  morocco  in  the 
Maioli  style.  The  sides  are  adorned  with  interlacing  panels  and 
straps  of  red,  white,  and  dark  blue;  the  back  has  a  leafy  ornamenta¬ 
tion  in  dark  green,  the  pattern  being  outlined  in  gold;  all  edges  are 
fully  gilded. 

38.  COLERIDGE  (Samuel  Taylor).  Essay  on  His 

Own  Times,  forming  a  second  series  of  the  Friend.  Edited  by 
his  daughter.  3  vols.,  12mo,  original  cloth,  uncut,  with  paper 
labels.  London :  Pickering ,  1850.  $18.00 

Presentation  copy  from  Sara  Coleridge  (author  of  Phantasmion), 
with  inscription  in  her  autograph,  “Mrs.  Henry  Moultrie  Jones  with 
the  most  affectionate  and  faithful  regards  of  Sara  Coleridge,  March 
19,  1850.” 

39.  CRAWFORD  (F.  Marion).  Doctor  Claudius;  a 

true  story.  8vo,  cloth.  New  York,  1883.  $7.50 

First  edition,  with  autograph  inscription  by  the  author. 

40.  CRAWFORD  (F.  Marion).  Marietta,  a  Maid  of 

Venice.  First  Edition,  crown  8vo,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.  New 
York,  1901.  $7.50 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf. 


831  Marshall  Field  Building,  Chicago 


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41.  [CROCKETT  (S.  R.)].  Dulce  Cor,  being  the  Poems 

of  Ford  Bereton.  First  edition.  Crown  8vo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  London,  Kegan  Paid,  Trench  and  Co.,  1886.  $15.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author  with  inscription:  “ R.  H.  Sher- 
ard,  with  hind  regards  from  S.  R.  Crockett.  This  was  the  garb  tlic\ 
world  wore  when  Love  j*  I  were  twenty-four.” 

42.  DANA  (Richard  H.).  Poems.  First  edition.  16mo, 

in  the  original  boards,  cloth  back.  Boston :  Bowles  and  Dear¬ 
born,  1827.  $25.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author:  ‘‘Dr.  Sami.  Webber — From 
his  friend,  The  Author.” 

Thacker  ay  ’  s  College  Copy  of  Demosthenes 

44.  DEMOSTHENES :  The  Orations  of  Demosthenes, 
Pronounced  to  excite  the  Athenians  against  Philip,  King  of 
Macedon,  and  on  occasions  of  public  deliberation.  Translated 
by  Thomas  Leland.  London,  1828.  Orig.  red  cloth.  $400.00 

Inscribed  at  top  of  the  inside  of  front  cover: 

‘  ‘  William  M.  Thackeray. 

Trin:  Coll:  Cambridge — -1829. 


A  very  unusual  association  copy.  Partly  uncut,  but  was  used  by 
Thackeray  in  connection  with  the  reading  of  several  of  the  orations, 
as  evidenced  by  the  cutting  of  the  requisite  leaves. 

45.  DICKENS  (Charles).  A  Number  of  American 
Tracts  including  some  on  Slavery,  etc.  Some  being  presenta¬ 
tion  copies  from  the  authors  as  follows :  Slavery  in  America, 
shown  to  be  Peculiarly  Abominable,  both  as  a  Political  Anom¬ 
aly  and  Outrage  on  Christianity,  by  Wm.  Day,  with  inscrip¬ 
tion,  “Charles  Dickens,  Esq.,  With  the  Author’s  respectful 
complmts. ”  Speech  of  Lord  Ashley,  “from  the  author.”  A 
Vindication  of  the  Character  and  Condition  of  the  Females 
Employed  in  the  Lowell  Mills.  By  Elisha  Bartlett.  ‘  ‘  Charles 
Dickens,  Esq.  from  his  friend  the  writer.  ’  ’  A  Discourse :  De¬ 
livered  Upon  the  Opening  of  the  New  Hall  of  the  New-York 
Lyceum  of  Natural  History.  By  John  W.  Francis.  With  in¬ 
scription:  “For  Mr.  Dickens  with  the  best  wishes  for  his 
health  &  happiness  from  T.  W.  Francis.  On  Board  George 


Walter  M.  Hill 


14  . 


Washington.  Jnne  7,”  and  many  others,  bound  up  in  one 
vol.,  thick  8vo,  new  half  dark  blue  calf.  V.  p.,  v.  cl.  $40.00 

Charles  Dickenses  copy  with  his  bookplate  and  Gadshill  library 


ticket. 


Extra  Illustrated  and.  with  Miniatures  Inside  Covers 

47.  DICKENS  (Chas.).  The  Life  of.  By  John  Forster. 
3  vols.,  extended  to  6.  Inlaid  throughout  to  4to  size,  and  ex¬ 
tra-illustrated  by  the  insertion  of  600  portraits,  views,  title- 
pages  from  his  Works,  etc.,  besides  over  200  Autograph  Let¬ 
ters,  etc.,  of  C.  Dickens,  his  friends,  and  other  celebrities  men¬ 
tioned  in  the  work.  The  six  volumes  are  most  elaborately 
bound  by  Sangorski  and  Sutcliffe,  in  full  crushed  green  levant 
morocco  extra,  gold  lines  on  sides,  small  corner  inlays  of  red 
morocco.  Elaborate  doublures  of  brown  levant  morocco,  with 
wide  border  of  green  levant  tooled  with  gold  lines  and  corner 
fleurons,  and  with  silk  fly-leaves.  In  the  centre  of  each  of  the 
front  inside  covers  is  sunk  a  most  beautiful  water-colour  Min¬ 
iature  Portrait,  on  ivory,  protected  by  glass,  of  Charles  Dick¬ 
ens  (6  miniatures  in  all).  On  the  outside  of  each  front  cover 
is  tooled,  in  centre,  a  facsimile  of  Dickens’  Autograph,  and  on 
the  back  cover  Chas.  Dickens’  crest.  Top  edges  gilt,  others 

uncut.  1872.  $3000.00 

This  is,  without  doubt,  the  finest  extra  illustrated  life  of  Chas. 
Dickens  that  has  been  attempted  and  bound  in  a  most  sumptuous  man¬ 
ner.  The  six  exquisite  miniatures  are  each  different  and  represent 
the  famous  author  at  various  periods  of  his  life. 

In  the  first  volume  the  miniature  is  taken  from  Frith ’s  famous 
painting  representing  Charles  Dickens  seated  in  his  library  chair. 

The  portrait  in  Volume  II  is  that  of  Dickens  when  a  young  man. 

Volume  III  is  from  the  pencil  sketch  by  Maclise,  drawn  in  1843, 
and  shows,  Dickens,  his  Wife,  and  his  Sister-in-law,  Miss  Hogarth. 

Volume  IV.  Charles  Dickens  as  a  middle  aged  man. 

Volume  V.  Charles  Dickens  at  about  the  period  of  the  second  visit 
to  America. 

Volume  VI.  Charles  Dickens  from  a  portrait  done  in  1868. 

The  six  facsimile  Autographs,  tooled  one  on  each  front  cover,  are 
also  different  and  show  his  characteristic  signature  at  various  periods. 

The  number  of  plates  inserted  is  as  before  mentioned  600,  and  con¬ 
sists  of  portraits  of  Charles  Dickens,  his  friends,  illustrators,  and  ac¬ 
quaintances,  views  of  places  visited  by  him,  and  also  original  title- 
pages  and  illustrations,  chiefly  from  the  actual  First  Editions  of 
many  of  his  works. 

Among  others  are  the  following: 


PORTRAITS 


Dickens  (Chas.).  (10)  at  various 
periods  of  his  life. 


Maclise  (D.). 

Irving  ( W  ashington ) . 
Fielding  (Henry). 
Lamb  (Chas.). 


Dickens.  Reading  the  1  ‘  Chimes  ’  ’ 
at  Lincoln’s  Inn. 


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John  Forster.  His  Biographe 
Napoleon  Bonaparte. 

Hill  (Rev.  Rowland). 

Talfourd. 

Macready  (W.  C.) 

Frith  (W.  F.). 

Kean  (Chas.). 

Grimaldi  (Jos.). 

Pepys. 

Burdette  (Sir  Francis). 
Hogarth  (Wm.). 

Austen  (Jane). 

Berry  (Miss). 

Smith  (Rev.  Sydney). 
Goldsmith  (Dr.). 

Browne  (H.  K.),  (Phiz). 

Ben  Jonson. 

Wilkinson  (Mr.). 

Wilkie  (Sir  David). 

Jerrold  (Douglas). 

Chaucer. 

Edward  Gibbon. 

Horace  Walpole. 

Russell  (Lord  John). 

Derby  (Earl  of). 

Bolivar  Etc., 


Rochester  Castle. 
British  Museum. 

New  York. 

Exeter. 

Bristol  Cathedral. 
Gravesend. 

St.  Paul’s  Cathedral. 
Barnes. 

Broadstairs. 

Ramsgate. 

Brighton  Pavilion. 
Barnet. 

Manchester. 

Liverpool. 

Plymouth. 

Guildhall. 

Bath. 

Tamworth  Castle. 
Teignmouth. 

Dawlish. 

Torquay. 

Edinburgh. 

Hampton  Court. 
Inverary  Castle. 

Dry  burg  Abbey. 
Abbotsford  Abbey. 
Lincoln. 


Scott  (Sir  Walter). 
Inchbald  (Mrs.). 

Miss  Jane  Porter. 
Thackeray  (W.  M.). 
Ainsworth  (W.  H.). 
Smollett. 

Gladstone  (W.  E.). 
Seymour. 

Cruikshank  (Geo.). 

Mr.  Brahms. 

Leigh  Hunt. 

Garrick  (David). 

Denman  (T.). 

Gordon  (Lord  Geo.). 
Harley  (J.  P.). 

Mansfield  (Lord). 

Moore  (Thos.). 

Burke  (Edmund). 

Hill  (Thos.). 

A ’Connell  (David). 

Burns  (Robert). 

Wilson  (John). 

Allison  (Sir  Archibald). 
Norton  (Hon.  Mrs.). 

Mrs.  Hemans. 
etc.,  etc. 

VIEWS 

Quebec. 

Herne  Bay. 

Tottenham  Church. 

St.  Michaels  Mount. 

Lands  End. 

,  Birmingham. 

Windsor. 

Blackfriars  Bridge. 
Westminster  Abbey. 
Stratford-on-Avon. 
Newcastle. 

Nottingham. 

Maidstone. 

Chatham. 

Isle  of  Wight.  (Various). 
Portsmouth. 

Houses  of  Parliament. 
Yarmouth. 

Norwich. 

Stonehenge. 

Dover  Castle. 

Coventry. 

Preston. 

Chatsworth. 

Ipswich. 

Scarborough. 

Hull. 


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Loch  Leven  Castle. 
Melrose  Abbey. 
Clerkenwell  Prison. 
Canterbury. 

Cobham  Hall.  Kent. 

Montreal. 

Philadelphia. 

Drury  Lane  Theatre. 
Salisbury. 

Niagara  Falls. 


Sheffield. 

Dundee. 

City  of  Carlisle. 

Bury  of  St.  Edmunds. 
St.  Leonards. 

Berwick. 

Chester. 

Dublin. 

Buckingham  Palace, 
and  others 


TITLE  PAGES  AND  PLATES  from  his  works 


Pickwick  Papers. 

The  engraved  title-page. 

Frontispieces. 

Illustrations  by  “Phiz”  from 
the  1st  edition. 

Sketches  by  Boz. 

Title-page  of  the  2nd  edition 
and  illustrations  from  same. 

Oliver  Twist. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 
and  illustrations  from  same. 

Nicholas  Nickleby. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 

and  illustrations  from  same. 

Old  Curiosity  Shop. 

Plates  to  illustrate. 

Barnaby  Budge. 

Illustrations  from. 

Picnic  Papers. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 

and  illustrations  from  same. 

Martin  Chuzzlewit. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 

and  illustrations  from  same. 

Christmas  Carol. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 

and  coloured  plates  by  Leech 
from  same. 


The  Chimes. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 
and  illustrations  from  same. 

Cricket  on  the  Hearth. 

Engraved  title-page  of  1st  edi¬ 
tion  and  illustrations  from 
same. 

Battle  of  Life. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 
and  illustrations  from  same. 

Dombey  and  Son. 

Engraved  title-page  of  the  1st 
edition  and  illustrations 
from  same. 

The  Haunted  Man. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 
and  illustrations  from  same. 

David  Copperfield. 

Title-page  of  the  1st  edition 
and  illustrations  from  same. 

Tale  of  Twto  Cities. 

Original  title-pages  of  the  1st 
edition  and  various  illustra¬ 
tions  from  same. 

Our  Mutual  Friend. 

Original  title-pages  of  the  1st 
edition  and  various  illustra¬ 
tions  from  same. 


The  Autographs  number  over  200,  they  comprise  Letters,  Signa¬ 
tures,  etc.,  of  the  following: 


Chas.  Dickens. 

Five  full  letters,  four  envelopes 
in  his  Autograph  with  signa¬ 
ture,  besides  one  other  signa¬ 
ture  and  further  two  invita¬ 
tion  tickets  to  the  1 1  Fare¬ 
well-Dinner  ’  ’  given  in  his 
honour  on  the  eve  of  his  de¬ 
parture  for  America  and  an 


Wordswmrth  (W.). 
Signature. 

Longfellow  (H.  W.). 

Signature. 

Hood  (Tom). 

Signature. 

Tennyson  (Alfred  Lord). 

Signature. 

Buskin  (J.). 


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Autograph  letter  concerning 
the  dinner  diven  to  him. 
Ainsworth  (W.  H.). 

6  Autograph  Letters  and  5  en¬ 
velopes. 

Bentley  (2). 

2  Autograph  Letters. 
Blessington  (Marguerite,  Coun¬ 
tess  of). 

3  Autograph  Letters. 

Coleridge  (S.). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Collins  (W.  W.). 

4  Autograph  Letters. 
Cruikshank  ( Geo. ) . 

2  Autograph  Letters. 
Cunningham  (  Peter  ) . 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Dilke  (Sir  Chas.  W.). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Disraeli  (Benj.). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Dumas  (Alexandre)  pere. 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Forster  (John). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Frith  (Wm.). 

3  Autograph  Letters. 

Gaskell  (Mrs.). 

Signature  and  two  lines  Auto. 
Gladstone  (W.  E.). 

2  Signatures. 

Hall  (Mrs.  S.  C.). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Houghton. 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Hunt  (W.  Holman). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Irving  (Washington). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Jeffrey  (Lord  N.). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Kemble  (C.). 

2  Autograph  Letters. 
Lamartine  (A.  cle). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Landseer  (E.). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Leslie  (C.  R.). 

1  Autograph  Letter. 

Macready  (W.  C.). 

2  Autograph  Letters  and  1  en¬ 
velope. 

Moore  (Thos.). 


Signature. 

O  ’Connell  (Daniel ) . 

Cruikshank  (Geo.). 

Signature. 

Victoria  ( Queen ) . 

Signature. 

Thackeray  (W.  M.). 

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Jim’s  Kids 

Jim  was  a  fisherman — up  on  the  hill 
Over  the  beach  lived  he  an ’  his  wife 
In  a  little  house — you  kin  see  it,  still, 

An’  their  two  fair  hoys — upon  my  life 
You  never  seen  two  likelier  kids — 

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Than  them  tivo  hoys! 

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Jess  as  the  rest  ov  us  fisherman  did — 

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lip  to  his  knees  in  the  surf,  each  kid 
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Of  the  waves  on  the  shore. 

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Till  they  spoke  no  more. 

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Under  a  wilier  tree. 

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But  off  on  the  further  shore,  on  the  sand 
Are  the  kids  who’s  a  beck’nin’  an’  callin’  my  name 
Jess  as  they  did — ah,  mate,  you  know — 

In  the  long  ago!” 

No,  sir!  he  vjasn’t  af eared  to  die, 

For  all  night  long  lie  seemed  to  see 
His  little  hoys  of  the  years  gone  hy 

And  to  hear  sweet  voices  forgot  hy  me; 

An’  jess  as  the  mornin’  sun  come  up — 

“They’re  a  boldin’  me  hy  the  hands!”  he  cried — 

An’  so  he  died. 

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8vo,  boards,  uncut.  London,  1895.  $15.00 

Inscribed  upon  the  fly-leaf :  ‘  ‘  Vincent  O  ’Sullivan  London,  1895.  ’  ’ 

An  Autograph  signed  letter  inserted  in  which  Oscar  Wilde,  Rossetti 
and  Hall  Caine  are  mentioned.  The  writer,  the  recipient,  Rossetti 


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and  Wilde  are  all  passed  away;  but  the  mention  of  the  other  name 
is  with  such  strong  dislike  that  it  is  impossible  to  quote  it. 

In  addition  there  is  also  an  autograph  initial-signed  postal  card 
inserted.  A  singularly  interesting  volume,  of  which  only  750  were 
printed. 

94.  JOHNSON  (Lionel).  Poems.  First  edition.  Square 

8vo,  boards,  uncut.  London,  1895.  $25.00 

Inscribed  on  fly-leaf:  “To  C.  T.  from  the  author ,  ”  and  lower: 
“Carrie  Tweedale  1895.” 

95.  JONES  (Henry  Arteiur).  The  Renascence  of  the 

English  Drama.  Sm.  8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.,  1895.  $9.00 

By  the  eminent  English  playwright.  With  an  interesting  auto¬ 
graph  inscription  by  the  author  to  Mrs.  Craigie  (OJohn  Oliver 
Hobbes’ ’),  “Dear  Mrs.  Craigie.  ‘Madame,  they  have  hissed  me !’ 
See  CJmrlcs  Lambs’  essay  on  Elliston  and  pp.  72,  IS.  Faithfully 
yours,  Henry  Arthur  Jones.”  About  this  time  Jones  had  produced 
‘  ‘  The  Case  of  Rebellious  Susan  ’  ’  and  ‘  ‘  The  Triumph  of  the  Philis¬ 
tines,  ”  the  reception  of  which  by  the  critics  is  possibly  referred  to 
in  the  inscription. 

96.  KEATS :  Letters  from  Keats  to  Fanny  Brawne. 
Written  in  the  Years  1819  and  1820  and  now  given  from  the 
original  manuscripts  with  introduction  and  notes  by  Harry 
Buxton  Forman.  Illustrated.  Crown  8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt 
top,  uncut.  New  York,  Scribner ,  Armstrong  d>  Co.,  1878. 

$8.00 

Charles  Warren  Stoddard’s  copy  with  his  inscription  on  fly-leaf. 

97.  KELMSCOTT  PRESS:  Morris  (Wm.).  Child 

Christopher  and  Goldilind  the  Fair.  2  vols.,  12mo,  boards. 
Printed  in  black  and  red,  woodcut  borders  and  initials,  uncut. 
1895.  '  $60.00 

Only  600  copies  printed.  The  borders  in  this  book  were  only  used 
once  again  (in  Hand  and  Soul).  The  plot  of  the  story  was  suggested 
by  that  of  Ilavelok  the  Dane,  printed  by  the  Early  English  Text 
Society. 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with  autograph  inscription : 
“To  Theodore  W.  Watts  from  William  Morris,  Sept.  25tli,  1895.” 

98.  KELMSCOTT  PRESS:  Morris  (Wm.).  The  De¬ 

fence  of  Guenevere,  and  other  Poems.  4to,  printed  in  black 
and  red,  with  ornamental  border  and  initials,  vellum,  uncut, 
with  ties.  1892.  $125.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with  autograph  inscription: 
“To  Theodore  Walter  Watts  from  William  Morris,  May  27th,  1892.” 

99.  KINGSLEY  (Charles).  Two  Years  Ago.  Second 

edition.  In  three  volumes.  12mo,  orig.  blue  cloth.  Cam¬ 
bridge,  Macmillan,  1857.  $50.00 

Queen  Victoria’s  copy.  Title-page  of  vol.  I  inscribed,  “Victoria, 
Abergelxlie  1857.”  Inserted  in  vol.  I  is  an  A.  L.  S.  by  the  author, 


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addressed  to  Lady  Franklin.  The  three  volumes  are  enclosed  in  one 
black  morocco  slip  case,  shaped  for  the  three  volumes,  and  with  titles 
on  back. 

100.  KOBBE  (Gustav).  The  Loves  of  Great  Compos¬ 
ers.  With  numerous  illustrations.  8vo,  boards,  half  cloth, 
gilt  top,  uncut.  New  York :  Thomas  Crowell  &  Co.,  n.  d. 

$20.00 

Inserted  in  the  book  is  an  interesting  letter  from  Robert  Schumann, 
the  composer  to  Dr.  Herman  Hartel,  of  Breitkopf  &  Hartel,  the  pub¬ 
lishers.  Mr.  Kobbe,  the  author  of  this  book  has  translated  parts  of 
this  letter  and  gives  quotations  from  parts  of  it: 

Schumann  writes  that  he  has  just  examined  the  Lizt  songs  and 
likes  so  much  the  elegance  of  the  engraved  page  and  the  general  ap¬ 
pearance  of  the  volume,  that  he  would  be  glad  to  have  his  1  ‘  Leider- 
Album  fur  die  Jug  end”  .  .  .  brought  out  in  the  same  style, 

“even  to  the  format,”  etc. 

101.  [LAMB  (Charles)]  :  Fitzgerald  (Percy).  Charles 
Lamb,  his  Friends,  piis  Haunts,  and  his  Books.  London, 
Rich.  Bentley,  1866.  Extended  to  two  volumes,  royal  4to,  full 
green  levant  morocco,  gilt  back  and  sides,  gilt  tops,  by  Riviere. 

$900.00 

Extra  illustrated  by  the  insertion  of  230  plates,  with  each  page  of 
text,  all  inlaid  to  size.  Also,  seven  autograph  letters  of  Charles 
Lamb. 

One  leter,  signed  “Elia”  is  addressed  to  Mrs.  Norris,  informing 
her  of  his  having  sent  three  little  books  to  her:  “Love  to  all  and 
thanks  for  three  agreeable  days  .  .  .  *  Are  the  little  girls  yack’d 

up?  They  can  come  in  straw  and  have  eggs  under  them.  Ask  them 
to  lie  soft,  ’cause  eggs  smash.  ’  ’ 

Another  letter  runs:  “Dear  A.  Lest  you  should  wander  my  way 
this  even?  1  am  at  Norris’s.  I  owe  you  3/6  which  I  want  to  take 
out  of  you  at  Picquet.  I  regret  missing  you  last  night  when  I  wan 
so  near.  1  shall  be  home  for  some  some  nights  to  come.  Come  the 
very  first  you  can. — C.  Lamb.” 

The  following  note  is  remarkable  for  the  fine  signature: 

“Dear  Mrs.  N [orris],  Mary  will  be  in  town  this  evens  or  to-mor¬ 
row  morns. — as  she  wants  to  see  you  about  another  business.  She 
will  in  the  meantime  enquire  respecting  the  young  woman. 

“Yours  sincerely 

“C.  Lamb.” 

“Dear  Mrs.  Norris, 

“1  found  Mary  on  my  return  not  worse,  and  she  is  now  no  better. 
I  send  all  my  nonsense  I  could  scrape  together,  and  wish  your  young 
ladies  well  thro’  them. — 1  hope  they  will  like  Amisell.  Be  in  no  hurry 
to  return  them.  Six  months  hence  will  do.  Remember  me  kindly  to 
them,  and  to  Richard,  also  to  Mary  and  her  cousin. 

“Yours  truly 

“C.  Lamb.” 

The  plates  are  all  very  fine  engravings,  with  some  etchings  inter¬ 
spersed.  They  include  several  choice  Lamb  portraits,  some  good  en¬ 
gravings  of  Leigh  Hunt,  at  various  periods  of  his  life;  portraits  of 
Coleridge,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Hall,  Southey,  Hazlitt;  a  most  exquisite  plate 


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of  Sami.  Parr,  several  portraits  of  Coleridge;  Southey,  Sterne,  Gold¬ 
smith,  Hood,  Kemble,  Wordsworth,  Gilford,  O.  W.  Holmes,  J.  B. 
Buckstone,  Bowring,  Alan  Cunningham,  Kirke  White,  Samuel  John¬ 
son  (engr.  by  Heath),  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  Hone,  Hogarth,  Dyer, 
Thos.  Moore,  Beaumont,  Northcote,  Procter,  Hay  don,  Blake,  Barton, 
Sterne,  Cottle,  Forster,  Talfourd,  Addison,  Steele  (copper  engr.  from 
Knellers  portrait),  Droeshout’s  engraving  of  Shakespeare;  Sydney 
Smith,  Thackeray,  Lardner,  Knowles,  Dickens  (engr.  by  Johnson, 
signed),  Wilkie,  and  many  others. 

This  important  collection  includes  also  two-page  autograph  letter, 
signed,  by  Thomas  Moore. 

Interspersed  among  the  portraits  are  a  number  of  rare  engravings 
of  views  and  scenes  associated  with  Lamb’s  life  and  writings;  also  a 
water-color  sketch  of  Charles  Lamb’s  grave. 

Of  especial  interest  are  the  following  engravings:  A  mezzotint 
portrait  of  Izaac  Walton,  by  R.  Hicks  after  Sir  J.  Reynolds;  a  mez¬ 
zotint  view  of  Cavendish  square;  an  etched  view  of  Billingsgate;  an 
engraving  of  Skiddaw  by  Griffiths,  and  of  Chiswick,  by  T.  Cook. 

102.  LANDOR  (W.  S.).  Literary  Hours;  By  Various 
Friends.  First  edition.  Crown  8vo,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut 

(back  broken).  Privately  printed,  1837.  $20.00 

W.  S.  Landor’s  copy  with  revisions  and  manuscript  notes  in  his 
handwriting. 

103.  LANDOR  (Walter  Savage).  SavonaroLxV  e  II 
Priore  di  San  Marco.  8vo,  four  leaves.  Florence,  1860. 

$50.00 

Very  Rare.  A  presentation  copy  from  Swinburne  to  Mr.  Stedman 
with  autograph  inscription.  Swinburne  about  1860  or  1861  went  to 
Florence  on  purpose  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  Landor,  and  ob¬ 
tained  this  copy  from  him.  At  the  end  i^  printed:  “Edizione  di 
mille  copie  stampate  a  spese  dell’  autore.  Prezzo  30  centesimi,  in 
soccorso  dei  Toscani  feriti.  ’  ’  As  its  sale  was  prohibited  by  the  papal 
authority  very  few  got  into  circulation,  and  the  Garibaldian  wounded 
did  not  profit  much.  The  work  is  one  of  his  Imaginary  Conversa¬ 
tions — between  Savonarola  and  the  Prior  of  S.  Mark,  on  the  subject 
of  Italian  liberty. 

104.  LE  GALLIENNE  (Richard).  The  Book-Bills  of 
Narcissus.  An  Account  Rendered  by  Richard  Le  Gallienne. 
With  a  frontispiece  by  Robert  Fowler.  First  edition,  crown 
8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  London:  John  Lane,  1895.  $15.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf: 
‘  ‘  To  Theodore  Watts  with  admiration  $  regard  from  Bichard  Le  Gal¬ 
lienne.  Feb.  2,  ’95.” 

105.  LE  GALLIENNE  (Richard).  English  Poems. 

First  edition,  crown  8vo,  boards,  paper  label,  uncut.  London : 
Elkin  Mathews ,  1892.  $15.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf:  “ To  Theodore 
Watts ,  w ith  admiration  and.  gratitude  for  many  a  hind  and  helpful 
word ,  from  Bichard  Le  Gallienne ,  6  Oct.  ’92.” 

106.  LE  GALLIENNE  (Richard).  George  Meredith. 


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Some  Characteristics.  With  a  Bibliography  by  John  Lane. 
Portrait.  First  edition,  crown  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 
London  :  Elkin  Mathews ,  1890.  $12.50 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf : 
1  ‘  Theodore  Watts ,  Esq.  with  hind  regards  from  Bichard  Le  Gallienne. 
S-xi-90.  ’  ’ 

Presentation  Copy  from  Le  Gallienne  to  Stevenson 

107.  LE  GALLIENNE  (Richard).  The  Religion  of  a 

Literary  Man  (Religio  Scriptoris).  12mo,  original  cloth,  un¬ 
cut.  London :  Elkin  Mathews  and  John  Lane,  1894.  $35.00 

First  Edition.  Inscribed  on  fly-leaf:  “Robert  Louis  Stevenson 
f  rom  Richard  Le  Gallienne, 7  7  in  the  author ’s  autograph.  On  the  in¬ 
side  cover  is  the  label:  “ From  the  Library  of  Robert  Louis  Steven¬ 
son  at  Vailima,77  signed  by  Isobel  Strong. 

108.  LE  GALLIENNE  (Richard).  Volumes  in  Folios. 

First  edition,  only  25  copies  printed.  12mo,  original  boards, 
uncut.  London,  1889.  $25.00 

Presentation  copy,  with  inscription  in  the  author’s  handwriting: 
‘ 1  To  Wilson  Barrett,  Esq.,  with  the  affectionate  regard  of  Richard  Le 
Gallienne,  7  7  also  two  verses  by  the  author,  signed. 

109.  LE  GALLIENNE  (Richard).  Volumes  in  Folio. 

Square  12mo,  original  boards,  uncut.  London,  1889.  $12.50 

First  Edition,  limited  to  250  copies.  Inscribed  on  the  half-title: 
‘  ‘  To  Wilson  Barrett,  Esq.,  with  the  affectionate  regard  of  Richard  Le 
Gallienne  21  Nov.  19003  7 

110. *  LEVER  (Charles).  Charles  O’Malley,  the  Irish 

Dragoon;  edited  by  Harry  Lorrequer.  Numerous  fine  plates 
by  Phiz.  First  edition.  2  vols.,  8vo,  original  cloth.  Dublin, 
1841.  $40.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with  his  autograph  inscription 
on  the  title-page. 

112.  LOCKER-LAMPSON  (Frederick).  London  Lyrics. 

(Not  Published.)  8vo,  half  leather,  gilt  top,  uncut.  London: 
John  Wilson ,  1868.  $17.50 

With  inscription  on  fly-leaf,  11 J.  Judd  Esq.  with  F.  LAs  hind  re¬ 
gards.  7  ’  Also  several  newspaper  clippings  in  regard  to  his  death. 

113.  LOCKER-LAMPSON  (Frederick).  Patchwork. 
12mo,  cloth,  uncut.  London:  Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  1879.  $12.50 

A  presentation  copy.  “ Theodore  Martin  from  F.  Locher”  is  in¬ 
scribed  on  the  half-title. 

114.  LOCKER-LAMPSON  (Frederick).  Patchwork. 

First  edition.  12mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  London :  Smith, 
Elder  &  Co.,  1879.  $30.00 

Presentation  copy  with  autograph  inscription:  “ J .  A.  Whistler, 
from  F.  L.” 

115.  LONGFELLOW  (Henry  W.).  The  Courtship  of 


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Miles  Standish  and  Other  Poems.  8vo,  dark  blue  crushed 
levant  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere.  Boston,  1858. 

$150.00  "') 

Presentation  copy  of  the  first  edition  with  Longfellow’s  autograph 
inscription,  ‘  ‘  Lady  Napier  with  the  compliments  of  the  Author,  Octo¬ 
ber  1858.  ’  ’  In  a  handsome  binding. 

Association  copies  of  Longfellow’s  poems  are  rare.  The  Lady 
Napiere  to  whom  the  volume  was  presented  was  the  wife  of  Baron 
Napier  of  Ettrick,  Ambassador  in  Washington. 


116.  LONGFELLOW  (Henry  W.).  The  Poems  of.  8vo, 

half  leather,  gilt  edges.  New  York :  Harper  and  Brothers , 
1846.  $20.00 

An  interesting  A.  L.  S.  from  Longfellow  to  Miss  Bates  in  refer¬ 
ence  to  the  translation  of  some  poems.  2%  ppv  12mo.  Dated  June 
20,  1877. 

Elizabeth  Browning’s  Copy 

117.  LONGINUS  (Dionysii).  De  Sublimitate  Com¬ 

mentaries,  Quern  nova  versione  donavit,  Perpetuis  Notis  il- 
lustravit,  plnrimisqne  in  locis,  partim  auctoritate  optimorum 
Manuscriptorum,  partim  eonjectura,  emendavit  (additis  etiam 
ejusdem  Auctoris  Fragmentis).  Zacharias  Pearce,  A.M. 
Regiae  Majestati  a  Sacris  Domesticis,  &c.  Engraved  frontis¬ 
piece.  4to,  newly  and  nicely  bound  in  full  dark  morocco  gilt, 
gilt  edges.  London,  Tonson,  1724.  $125.00 

Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning’s  copy  with  inscription  on  title-page 
in  her  autograph:  “Robert  Elisabeth  Barrett  Browning .”  On 


831  Marshall  Field  Building,  Chicago 


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the  back  of  frontispiece  is  a  long  dissertation  of  fifteen  lines  by  her, 
and  signed  with  her  initials  “E.  B.  B. ”  She  writes: 

11 1  have  finished  reading  the  treatise  De  Sublimitate  regularly 
thro’,  today  the  %Otli  of  January,  1830,”  &c. 

Throughout  the  volume  are  numerous  marginal  notes  by  her,  some 
of  considerable  length,  and  several  signed  with  her  initials.  These 
notes  criticise  the  text. 

118.  MARKHAM  (Gervase)  and  William  Sampson.  The 

True  |  Tragedy  of  Herod  and  |  Antipater :  |  With  the  Death 
of  faire  Marriam.  |  According  to  Josephus,  the  lear  |  ned  and 
famous  Jewe.  ..  As  it  has  been,  of  late,  divers  times  publiquely 
Acted  |  (with  great  Applause)  at  the  Red  Bull,  by  the  |  Com¬ 
pany  of  his  Majesties  Revels.  |  .  .  .  London,  Printed  for 

G.  Eld,  for  Mathew  Rhodes,  and  are  to  bee  sold  at  his  Shop 
at  the  upper  end  of  the  Old  Bayly,  neere  Newgate,  1622.  Full 
red  crushed  morocco,  back  and  sides  tooled,  gilt  on  all  edges. 

$200.00 

First  edition.  From  the  library  of  Algernon  Charles  Swinburne, 
with  notes  in  his  hand  on  fly-leaf  and  occasional  notes  in  the  text,  by 
an  old  hand. 

Presented  by  Queen  Victoria 

119.  MARTIN  (Theodore).  The  Life  of  His  Royal 
Highness  the  Prince  Consort.  With  portraits  and  views.  5 
vols.,  8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  London:  Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  1875-80. 

$40.00 

Presentation  copy  from  Queen  Victoria  to  the  Earl  of  Sydney,  with 
her  inscription  on  the  fly-leaf :  1  1  To  the  Earl  of  Sydney,  In  recollec¬ 

tion  of  former  days  from  Victoria  E.,  Jan.  1875.” 

120.  MARTIN  (Theodore).  Poems:  Original  and  Trans¬ 

lated.  First  edition.  8vo,  cloth.  London :  Printed  for  Pri¬ 
vate  Circulation ,  1863.  $4.50 

The  author’s  own  copy  with  his  bookplate. 

121.  MASEFIELD  (John).  Multitude — Solitude.  First 

edition.  Crown  8vo,  in  original  green  cloth,  uncut.  London, 
Grant  Richards,  1909.  $6.00 

With  author’s  signature. 

122.  MEYNELL  (Alice).  The  Rhythm  of  Life  and 

Other  Essays.  First  Edition.  12mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 
London,  1893.  $8.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  from  the  author. 

Ruskin’s  Autograph  Notes 

123.  MORE  (Sir  Thomas).  Utopia;  or,  the  Best  State  of 

a  Commonwealth,  &c.  Translated  by  Bp.  Burnet.  With  Life 
of  the  author.  Fine  stipple  portrait.  Crown  8vo,  contemp. 
calf.  London,  1808.  $30.00 

Enriched  in  many  places  with  MS.  notes  and  reading  marks,  with 
pen  and  pencil  by  Mr.  Ruskin. 


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124.  MORRIS  (William).  Friendship  of  Amis  and 

Amile,  done  out  of  the  ancient  French  by  William  Morris. 
12mo.  Printed  in  red  and  black,  with  woodcut  borders  and 
initials,  uncut.  1894.  $55.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  translator,  with  autograph  inscription: 
“To  Theodore  Walter  Watts  from  William  Morris,  April  6th,  1894.” 

125.  MORRIS  (William).  The  Sundering  Flood.  8vo, 

cloth.  London,  1898.  $15.00 

Presentation  copy  to  A.  C.  Swinburne,  with  A.  L.  S.  by  S.  C. 
Cockerell. 


126.  MORRIS  (William).  Volsunga  Saga. — The  Story 

of  the  V olsungs  &  Niblungs,  with  certain  songs  of  the  Elder 
Edda.  Translated  from  the  Icelandic  by  Eirikr  Magnusson 
and  William  Morris.  8vo,  orig.  ornamented  cloth.  London, 
1870.  $35.00 

Inscribed  on  fly-leaf:  “ Annie  Catherwood  from  her  friend  Wil¬ 
liam  Morris.  ’  1 

127.  MORRIS  (William).  The  Well  at  the  World’s 
End.  Large  4to,  double  columns,  Chaucer  type.  In  black  and 
red.  Borders  16a,  16,  17a,  18a,  18,  19a  and  19,  and  four  wood- 
cuts  designed  by  Sir  E.  Burne-Jones.  Issued  June  4,  1896. 

$140.00 

Bound  in  limp  vellum.  One  of  350  copies  on  paper.  Presentation 
copy  from  William  Morris  to  Theodore  Watts-Dunton. 

With  Original  Document  Signed  by  Napoleon 

128.  NAPOLEON:  O’Meara  (Barry).  Napoleon  in 

Exile;  or,  a  Voice  from  St.  Helena,  the  opinions  and  reflec¬ 
tions  of  Napoleon  on  the  most  important  events  of  his  Life 
and  Government,  in  his  own  words  with  portrait.  2  vols.,  8vo, 
newly  bound  in  half  blue  calf  gilt,  gilt  tops,  uncut.  London, 
1822.  $75.00 

Inserted  is  an  original  document  dated  from  St.  Cloud,  year  eleven 
of  the  Republic,  and  signed  by  Napoleon. 


129.  O’MEARA  (Barry  E.).  Napoleon  in  Exile,  or  a 
Voice  from  St.  Helena.  The  Opinions  and  Reflections  of  Na- 


831  Marshall  Field  Building,  Chicago 


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poleon  on  the  most  important  events  of  his  Life  and  Govern¬ 
ment.  In  two  volumes.  8vo,  orig.  boards.  London,  1822. 

$75.00 

Sir  George  C'ockburn’s  copy,  with  his  autograph  on  covers,  and  his 
portrait  inserted  in  vol.  I.  Inserted  also  an  A.  L.  S.  by  the  author. 
Each  volume  is  enclosed  in  a  brown  morocco  slip  case. 

130.  NOYES  (Alfred).  The  Enchanted  Island  and 

Other  Poems.  12mo,  cloth.  New  York  [1910],  $5.00 

Presentation  copy,  with  inscription,  “Vincent  Starrett  from  Alfred 
Noyes  March  12th  13”  in  the  author’s  handwriting. 

131.  NOYES  (Alfred).  Forty  Singing  Seamen  and 
other  Poems.  12mo,  cloth.  Edinburgh,  Blackwood ,  1908. 

$20.00 

With  author’s  dedication,  signed,  on  half-title. 

132.  O’SHAUGHNESSY  (Arthur).  An  Epic  of  Wo¬ 

men,  and  Other  Poems.  Engraved  title  and  woodcuts.  Sm. 
8vo,  original  cloth.  London,  1871.  $25.00 

A  presentation  copy  with  inscriptions  on  fly-leaf  ‘ 1  To  J.  H.  In¬ 
gram,  with  the  kindest  regards  of  his  friend  Arthur  O’Shaughnessy, 
Nov.  24,  1876.”  Inserted  is  a  long  autograph  letter  by  him  to  In¬ 
gram,  asking  him  to  write  a  criticism  and  appreciation  of  a  proposed 
translation  of  his  Poems  (dated  March  24,  1877). 

133.  OVID:  Matthew  Prior’s  Copy.  Ovid’s  Art  of 

Love,  together  with  his  Remedy  of  Love,  translated  (by  Dry- 
den,  Congreve  and  others).  To  which  are  added  The  Court  of 
Love  .  .  .  and  the  History  of  Love.  Copper  engravings. 

Tall  8vo,  original  calf,  preserved  in  box  case.  London,  1709. 

$150.00 

The  very  scarce  large  paper  copy.  Matthew  Prior’s  copy  with  his 
autograph  on  the  fly-leaf.  Prior’s  autograph  is  one  of  the  scarcest 
autographs  of  eighteenth  century  English  poets. 

134.  PAGET  (John).  Paradoxes  and  Puzzles.  His¬ 

torical,  Judicial,  and  Literary.  8vo,  newly  bound  in  half  blue 
levant  morocco  gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  Riviere.  Edinburgh  & 
London :  Blackwood ,  1874.  $5.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  on  title-page :  “  H.  Campkin 

Esq.,  with  the  Author’s  kind  regards.” 

With  Original  Drawings  in  Colors  hy  Maxfield  Parrish 

135.  [PARRISH  (Maxfield)]  :  Read  (Opie).  Bolanyo. 
A  Novel.  Frontispiece.  12mo,  in  the  original  pictorial  cov¬ 
ers,  gilt  top,  uncut.  Chicago:  Way  &  Williams ,  1897.  $50.00 

With  a  very  clever  drawing  in  colors  of  a  French  soldier  by  Max- 
field  Parrish,  signed:  “Maxfield  Parrish.  Seventh  of  June,  1897.” 

One  page  inscription  to  Chauncey  L.  Williams  in  the  autograph  of 
Opie  Bead  and  signed  by  him,  on  fly-yeaf. 

136.  PATER  (Walter).  Essays  from  the  “Guardian.” 


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First  edition.  12mo,  boards,  uncut.  Printed  for  Private  Cir¬ 
culation,  1896.  $45.00 

Only  100  copies  printed.  On  fly-leaf  is  inscribed  “  S.  C.  from 
E.  G.”  The  tiny  and  delightful  volume  contains  a  review  by  Pater 
of  Mr.  Gosse’s  Poems;  and  was  presented  to  Sir  Sidney  Colvin. 

137.  PATER  (Walter  H.).  Studies  in  the  History  of 

the  Renaissance.  First  edition.  Crown  8vo,  in  the  original 
cloth.  London  :  Macmillan  and  Co .,  1873.  $40.00 

Presentation  copy.  Scarce. 

138.  PATMORE  (Coventry).  Faithful  for  Ever. 

16mo,  citron  levant  morocco ;  armorial  design  with  inlay  in 
red  on  sides,  monograms  and  dentelles  by  Zaehnsdorf.  Lon¬ 
don,  1860.  $7.50 

With  author’s  autograph  on  fly-leaf. 

139.  [PEACOCK  (Thomas  Love)  ] .  Paper  Money  Lyrics 

and  Other  Poems.  First  edition.  12mo,  full  calf,  marbled 
edges,  original  covers  bound  in.  London :  C.  &  W.  Beynell, 
1837.  $15.00 

Very  scarce.  This  contains  the  following  interesting  note  on  the 
fly-leaf :  1  ‘  This  little  volume  is  the  production  of  Mr.  Peacock,  the 

gifted  author  of  Headlong  Hall,  who  kindly  permitted  me  to  use 
such  of  the  poems  as  I  chose  in  the  Miscellany.  Bichard  Bentley. 
Jany  1879.” 

141.  PENNELL  (Joseph)  and  Elizabeth  Robins.  The 

Stream  of  Pleasure.  A  Narrative  of  a  Journey  on  the 
Thames  from  Oxford  to  London.  4to,  orig.  boards.  London, 
Unwin ,  1891.  $50.00 

No.  9  of  65  copies  on  Japan  paper,  signed  by  both  authors.  In¬ 
serted  is  an  original  drawing  in  pen  and  ink  signed,  by  Joseph  Pen¬ 
nell. 

142.  PHILLIPS  (Stephen).  Eremus.  A  Poem.  Small 
4to,  original  boards,  uncut.  London :  Kegan  Paul,  1894.  $5.00 

First  published  edition.  Scarce.  With  the  autograph  of  Sidney 
Colvin  on  fly-leaf. 

143.  PIATT  (John  James).  Western  Windows,  and 

other  Poems.  12mo,  cloth.  Boston,  1878.  $8.00 

Author’s  autograph  on  fly-leaf  and  a  one-page  A.  N.  S.,  describing 
the  b^ok,  inserted. 

144.  POPE  (Alexander).  Homeri  Ilias,  id  est  de  Rebus 
ad  Troiam  gestis.  12mo,  old  English  morocco,  gilt  in  the  Tar- 
leian  manner,  gilt  edges.  Joints  of  the  binding  cracked,  and 
an  ink-spot  on  one  page.  Paris :  Apud  Adr.  Turnebum ,  1554. 

$140.00 

Presentation  copy  from  Alexander  Pope  to  Bishop  Atterbury,  with 
long  Latin  inscription  by  Pope  signed  in  full.  Also  with  Bishop 
Atterbury ’s  signature  1 1 F.  Roff n,  ’  ’  written  while  bishop  of  Roches¬ 
ter  from  1713  to  1723  when  he  was  deprived  of  his  office  for  con-' 


831  Marshall  Field  Building,  Chicago 


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spiring  with  the  Jacobites.  Pope  issued  his  translation  of  Homer 
between  1715  and  1720,  and  there  is  therefore  a  possibility  that  this 
volume  may  have  been  the  one  used  by  Pope  for  his  translation. 

This  edition  of  the  Iliad  is  very  scarce,  being  the  First  Edition  of 
the  first  Greek  text  printed  in  Paris.  It  is  also  the  Mitford  copy 
with  his  autograph  and  date  1851.  Preserved  in  roan  solander  case. 

145.  POPE  (A.).  Works.  The  First  Collected  Edition, 
with  large  folding  portrait  by  Yertue,  also  an  etched  portrait 
by  Jonathan  Richardson  inserted.  4to,  calf  neat.  London, 
1717.  $500.00 

A  remarkable  and  most  interesting  volume,  in  the  first  place  given 
by  the  author  to  Jonathan  Richardson,  the  elder,  then  in  the  posses¬ 
sion  of  his  son;  afterwards  the  property  of  Edward  Malone,  then 
in  the  famous  Heber  collection;  and  finally  owned  by  John  Wilson 
Crocker,  bearing  autographs  or  other  evidences  of  each  ‘ 1  prov¬ 
enance.  ’ 7 

It  is  of  unique  value  to  the  Pope  collector,  as  the  Richardsons 
(father  and  son)  were  intimately  connected  with  the  great  poet,  and 
evidently  had  access  to  many  of  these  poems  wrhen  they  were  in  man¬ 
uscript. 

They  have  annotated  the  broad  margins  with  most  copious  vari¬ 
orum  readings,  extending  to  many  hundreds  of  lines  which  Pope 
altered  or  struck  out  before  the  book  was  finally  printed. 

We  would  especially  notice: 

The  Preface. — The  MS.  alterations  here  are  so  copious  that  they 
amount  to  almost  as  much  as  the  printed  matter. 

Pastorals. — ‘‘Mem.  First  copy  of  the  Pastorals.  This  copy  is 
that  which  passed  thro,  ye  hands  of  Mr.  Walsh,  Mr.  Congreve,  Mr. 
Mainwaring,  Dr.  Garth,  Mr.  Granville,  Mr.  Southern,  S.  H.  Sheers, 
Sir  W.  Trumbull,  Lord  Halifax,  Lord  Wharton,  Marq.  of  Dorchester, 
D.  of  Bucks,  etc.  Only  ye  3rd  Eclogue  was  written,  since  some  of 
these  saw  the  other  three  which  were  written  as  they  here  stand,  with 
the  Essay,  Anno,  1704.  The  alterations  in  this  copy  were  upon  ye 
objections  of  some  of  these  or  my  own.  These  alterations  are  most 
extensive  and  important,  no  less  than  116  wdiole  lines  are  entirely 
altered,  besides  a  great  number  of  corrections  in  the  text. 

Windsor  Forest. — “Altered  from  the  First  Copy  of  ye  author’s 
own  hand,  written  out  beautifully,  as  usual,  for  ye  perusall  and  crit¬ 
icisms  of  his  Friends,”  with  111  whole  lines  altered  and  many  verbal 
corrections  in  the  text. 

Essay  on  Criticism,  written  in  the  year  1709. — “Mr.  P.  told 
me  himself  that  ye  Essay  on  Criticism  was  indeed  written  1707,  tho 
said  1709  by  mistake.”  With  most  copious  alterations  and  additions. 

Sapho  to  Phaon. — ‘ 1  Corrected  by  the  first  copy,  written  out  ele¬ 
gantly  (as  in  his  MSS.)  to  shew  Friends,  with  their  Remarks  on  ye 
margins.  The  Present  Reading  for  ye  most  part,  the  effect  of  them.  ’  ’ 
This  is  profusely  annotated  on  every  page  wTith  MS.  alterations  and 
additions. 

Throughout  the  book  also  there  are  many  other  corrections  and 
alterations  in  MS. 

On  the  half-title  is  pasted  one  of  Alex.  Pope’s  original  signed  auto¬ 
graph  receipts  for  subscription  to  his  translation  of  Homer’s  Iliad. 

Jonathan  Richardson,  the  elder  (born  1665,  died  1745),  was  a  cele¬ 
brated  portrait  painter  and  author,  several  of  his  pictures  are  in  the 


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National  Gallery.  He  was  on  intimate  terms  of  acquaintance  with 
Pope  (whose  portrait  he  painted,  etched,  and  drew  several  times), 
Prior,  Gay,  and  other  conspicuous  members  of  the  literary  world. 


m- 


REceiv’d  of  tyf  Two 

Guineas,  being  the  firft  Payment  to 
the  Subfcription ,  fo-  the  Tranllation  of  I 
Homer’s  Iliads  ;  to  be  delivered,  in  Quires, 
to  the  Bearer  hereof,  in  the  manner  fpeci- 
fy’d  in  the  Propofals.  J . 


>• . 


His  son  (also  Jonathan)  was  born  in  1694  and  died  in  1771.  He 
was  also  a  portrait  painter,  but  is  best  known  for  his  association  with 
his  father  in  his  literary  productions. 

146.  RILEY  (James  Whitcomb).  Afterwhiles.  12mo, 

half  cloth.  Indianapolis,  1888.  $80.00 

Inscription  on  fly-leaf : 

“To  my  friend  James  Newton  Matthews, 
with  heartiest  liking, 

James  Whitcomb  Eiley. 

We  say  arid  we  say  and  we  say — 

We  promise,  engage  and  declare, 

Till  a  year  from  to-morrow  is  yesterday, 

And  yesterday  is — where ? 

Indianapolis.  Bee.  1887.’’ 

147.  RILEY  (James  Whitcomb).  The  Book  of  Joyous 

Children,  Illustrated  by  J.  W.  Wawter.  8vo,  orig.  cloth.  In¬ 
dianapolis,  1902.  $70.00 

Inscription  on  fly-leaf : 

“For  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jess  C.  Millikan 

With  ever  loving  regards  of  their  old  friend 
James  Whitcomb  Eiley. 

Indianapolis:  Oct.  30.,  1903. 

Wasn’t  it  a  good  time, 

Long  Time  Ago?” 

148.  RITCHIE  (Anne  Thackeray).  Records  of  Ten¬ 
nyson,  Ruskin,  Browning.  Illustrated.  8vo,  cloth,  gilt  top, 

uncut.  New  York,  1892.  $15.00 

Inscribed  on  title-page:  “  Written  by  Anne  Thackeray  Eitchie — 
The  first  paper  by  Lord  Tennyson  ’s  wish  and  dated  by  her  at  Wim¬ 
bledon  June  14,  1901.” 

149.  RODIN  (Auguste).  L’Art  Entretiens  Reunis,  par 
Paul  Gsell.  Large  8vo.  Paris,  1911.  Bound  in  half  calf, 

raised  bands,  gilt  top,  uncut.  $20.00 

With  Arthur  Symons’s  autograph  on  fly-leaf  and,  inserted  loosely, 


831  Marshall  Field  Building,  Chicago 


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a  poem  written  on  Savoy  Hotel,  London,  notepaper,  as  follows: 

“For  le  Pensear  of  Rodin, 

Out  of  bronze  and  mortal  breath ,  and  to 

the  glory  of  man  one  Rodin 
Before  the  gates  of  glory  and  of  death 
Bear  the  burden  of  the  pride  of  thought. 

Dec  26,  1906.  Arthur  Symons.” 

As  you  perhaps  know,  Rodin,  the  famous  sculptor,  died  last  No¬ 
vember,  and  anything  like  the  above  must  be  of  live  interest. 

150.  ROGERS  (Samuel).  Poems.  12mo,  half  calf.  Lon¬ 
don,  Cadell  and  Davies ,  1814.  $7.50 

With  autograph  inscription,  signed,  by  Austin  Dobson. 

151.  ROSSETTI  (Dante  Gabriel).  The  Collected 

Works.  Edited  with  Preface  and  Notes  by  William  M.  Ros¬ 
setti.  4  vols.,  royal  8vo,  original  boards,  paper  labels,  uncut. 
London:  Ellis  &  Scrutton ,  1886.  $75.00 

One  of  25  copies  printed  upon  large  paper  for  subscribers  only. 
Presentation  set  from  W.  M.  Rossetti  with  the  following  charming 
inscription  by  him  on  fly-leaf:  “To  a  Friend  of  Friends,  Gabriel’s 
and  mine,  Theodore  Watts.  W.  M.  Rossetti,  1S87.  ’  ’ 

152.  ROOSEVELT  (Theodore).  True  Americanism; 

Being  four  Essays  .  .  .  16mo,  red  calf.  New  York,  1897. 

$20.00 

Inscribed  on  fly-leaf:  With  the  regards  of  Theodore  Roosevelt. 
Feb.  8,  1916. 


154.  RUSKIN  (John).  Salsette  and  Elephanta  :  A 
Prize  Poem,  recited  in  the  Theatre,  Oxford;  June  12,  1839. 
First  edition.  12mo,  newly  bound  by  Riviere,  in  full  polished 
calf  extra,  gilt  top.  Oxford:  J.  Vincent ,  1839.  $50.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  on  title-page  by  Ruskin,  ‘ 1  With 
J.  Ruskin ’s  kind  regards.” 


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155.  SCOTT  (Sir  Walter).  The  Letting  of  Humours 
Blood  in  the  Head  Vaine,  etc.,  By  S.  Rowlands.  (Edited  by 
Sir  Walter  Scott).  12mo,  half  calf.  Edinburgh:  Reprinted 
by  James  Ballantyne  and  Co.,  for  William  Blackwood,  1814. 

$200.00 

Exceedingly  interesting  association  copy,  with  presentation  inscrip¬ 
tion  on  fly-leaf:  “Alexander  Boswell  Esqr.  of  AucMnleck,  from  his 
sincere  and  obliged  friend,  Walter  Scott.”  Beneath  is  the  autograph 
of  Lionel  Johnson,  London,  1894,  with  inscription.  Alexander  Bos¬ 
well  was  the  father  of  James  Boswell,  the  author  of  the  Life  of 
Samuel  Johnson. 

156.  SEMAINE  d’une  Maison  d ’Education  de  Londres 

contenant  un  abrege  historiques  des  Conquestes  du  Mexiques 
et  du  Perou;  des  Lectures  tirees  des  Incas  de  M.  Marmontel. 
Seconde  editione,  revue,  corrigee  et  augmentee.  Small  8vo, 
new  calf  Antique.  Londres.  1798.  $12.50 

The  poet,  Wm.  Wordsworth’s  copy  with  his  autograph  signature  on 
top  of  title. 

From  Horace  Walpole’s  Library 

157. -  SHERIDAN  (Richard  Brinsley).  The  Critic,  or 

A  Tragedy  Rehearsed.  A  Dramatic  Piece  in  three  acts  as  it  is 
performed  at  the  Theatre  Royal  in  Drury  Lane.  First  edition, 
8vo,  full  blue  levant  morocco  gilt  extra,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 
London:  Printed  for  T.  Becket,  1781.  $50.00 

Very  fine  copy  from  Horace  Walpole’s  Library  with  his  writing  on 
three  of  the  pages. 

158.  [SHORTHOUSE  (J.  Henry)]  John  Inglesant. 

A  Romance.  12mo,  full  tree  calf,  gilt,  gilt  edges.  London : 
Macmillan  and  Co.,  1889.  $20.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  his  nephew,  with  following 
inscription:  “ John  William  Scott,  from  his  affectionate  TJnale  J 
Aunt  J.  Henry  Shorthouse  fy  Sarah  Shorthouse.  January  15,  1890.” 

159.  SIDNEY  (Sir  Philip).  Countess  of  Pembroke’s 

Arcadia.  The  original  quarto  edition  (1590)  in  photographic 
facsimiles,  with  a  bibliographical  introduction,  edited  by  H. 
Oskar  Sommer.  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut.  London : 
Kegan  Paid,  &  Co.,  1891.  $35.00 

One  of  300  copies.  Presentation  copy  from  Swinburne,  with  auto¬ 
graph  inscription:  “To  Walter  Theodore  Watts  from  Algernon 
Charles  Swinburne,  Christmas ,  1891.” 

160.  [SINGER  (Samuel  Weller)]  Some  Account  of 
the  Book  Printed  at  Oxford  in  MCCCCLXVIII,  Under  the 
Title  of  Erposicio  Sancti  Jeronimi  in  Simbolo  Apostolorum. 
In  which  is  examined  its  claim  to  be  considered  the  first  book 
printed  in  England.  8vo,  half  red  morocco,  gilt  top.  London, 

1812.  "  $20.00 

Presentation  copy  to  Miss  Frances  Mary  Currer  with  her  Book- 


831  Marshall  Field  Building ,  Chicago 


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plate,  “  With  the  Editor’s  arid  Publisher’s  Respects.”  Very  scarce, 
50  copies  privately  printed. 

161.  SKIPSEY  (Joseph).  Carols,  Songs,  and  Ballads. 
Crown  8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  London:  Walter  Scott,  1888.  $2.00 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf. 

162.  [SMITH  (Alexander)].  The  Female  Rebellion; 

a  Tragicomedy.  Sq.  8vo.  Glasgow,  Printed  for  Private  Cir¬ 
culation,  1872.  $6.00 

Autograph  inscription  by  Alexander  Smith.  Edition  limited  to  50 
copies. 

163.  SMITH  (F.  Hopkinson).  The  Under  Dog.  Illus¬ 

trated.  First  edition,  crown  8vo,  cloth.  New  York :  Scribner, 
1903.  $25.00 

With  inscription  on  half-title  by  the  author:  “For  my  friend 
James  C.  Young.  F.  Hopkinson  Smith.  June  16,  1903.  One  of  the 
‘  Under  Dogs’  who  is  ‘Ease’.” 

164.  SOUTHEY  (Robert).  Essays,  Moral  and  Polit¬ 

ical.  Now  first  collected.  2  vols.,  12mo,  boards,  paper  labels, 
uncut.  London :  John  Murray,  1832.  $6.00 

Thomas  Hughes’  copy  with  inscription  on  title  page  of  each  vol¬ 
ume:  “  Thos.  Hughes,  Ridgeway  Hill,  June  1853.” 

165.  STEPHENS  (James).  Insurrections  (Poems). 

First  Edition.  12mo,  original  boards,  uncut.  Dublin,  Maun- 
sel  &  Co.,  1909.  $16.00 

Special  copy,  being  autographed  by  the  author. 

166.  STEWART  (John  A.).  Letters  to  Living  Au¬ 

thors,  with  portraits.  8vo,  half  calf,  gilt  top,  uncut.  Lon¬ 
don,  1890.  $25.00 

From  A.  C.  Swinburne’s  library.  Above  the  letter  to  Swinburne 
is  the  following  pencil  note  in  his  handwriting :  ‘  ‘  The  weathercock 

says  to  the  sundial — you  renegade !  ” 

166a.  STEVENSON  (Robert  Louis).  Ballads.  (Pub- 


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lishers’  device).  London:  Chatto  &  Windus,  Picadilly,  1890. 

$500.00 

The  First  Edition.  Crown  8vo.  Original  black  buckram  boards, 
gilt  top,  uncut.  Inscribed  upon  Stevenson’s  card,  which  is,  in  the 
manner  of  a  book-plate,  affixed  inside  the  front  cover: 

“Offered  by  liberal 

[Kobert  Louis  Stevenson, 

Slcerryvore.] 

to  dear  little 

Sidney  Colvin.  ’  ’ 

The  words  not  within  the  brackets  are  in  Stevenson’s  autograph. 

167.  STEVENSON  (Robert  Louis).  A  Child’s  Garden 

of  Verses.  12mo,  original  blue  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.  Lon¬ 
don,  Longmans ,  1885.  $150.00 

First  edition,  extremely  rare,  and  made  doubly  so  by  reason  of  the 
present  copy  being  an  autograph  presentation  copy  from  Stevenson’s 
mother  to  Edmund  and  Charles  Baxter  (Stevenson’s  most  intimate 
friends),  with  the  following  inscription  on  the  fly-leaf:  “Edmund 
and  Charles  Baxter  with  love  from  M.  I.  Stevenson,  March  1885.“ 

168.  STEVENSON  (Robert  Louis)  and  Fanny  Van  de 

Grift).  The  Hanging  Judge.  A  Drama  in  Three  Acts  and 
Six  Tableaux.  With  an  Introduction  by  Edmund  Gosse. 
First  edition,  12mo,  original  tan  colored  boards,  uncut.  Lon¬ 
don  :  Printed  for  Private  Circulation ,  1914.  $90.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf:  “Colonel  W.  F. 
Prideaux  From  his  sincere  Friend,  Thos.  J.  Wise.  ’  ’  Also  A.  L.  S. 
3  pp.  8vo,  to  Mr.  Prideaux  from  Thomas  J.  Wise  inserted.  Rare. 
The  edition  is  limited  to  30  copies  privately  printed  by  Thomas  J. 
Wise. 

169.  STEVENSON  (Robert  Louis).  Memories  &  Por¬ 

traits.  First  edition.  12mo,  original  dark  blue  buckram, 
gilt  top,  uncut.  London :  Chatto  &  Windus ,  1887.  $50.00 

Presentation  copy  from  Stevenson’s  mother,  with  inscription  on 
fly-leaf:  “Jane  E.  Watson  from  Mrs.  Thomas  Stevenson.  January 
1888.  ’ ' 

170.  STEVENSON  (Robert  Louis),  Osbourne  (Lloyd). 

The  Wrecker.  Illustrated  by  William  Hale  and  W.  L.  Met¬ 
calf.  Crown  8vo,  black  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.  London,  Cas¬ 
sell  &  Co .,  n.  d.  (1902).  $30.00 

Presentation  copy  from  Queen  Alexandra,  July  18,  1905,  to  Private 
Thomas  Beeston,  1st  Coldstream  Guards,  with  typewritten  note  en¬ 
closed  explaining  reasons  for  presentation  inscription. 

171.  SWINBURNE  (Algernon  Charles).  Love’s  Cross- 
Currents.  A  Year’s  Letters.  First  Edition.  12mo,  buck¬ 
ram,  gilt  top,  uncut.  London :  Chatto  &  Windus,  1905. 

$75.00 

Presentation,  copy  with  inscription  on  half-title:  “To  Mrs.  Ernest 
Ehys  from  A.  C.  Swinburne .” 


831  Marshall  Field  Building,  Chicago . 


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172.  SWINBURNE  (Algernon  Charles).  Under  the 

Microscope.  First  edition.  Crown  8vo,  newly  bound  in  full 
olive  green  levant  morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut,  with  the  original 
covers  bound  in  by  Riviere.  London :  D.  White,  1872.  $35.00 

Ford  Madox  Brown ’s  copy  with  his  autograph  signature  '  *  F. 
Madox  Brown”  on  cover.  Also  has  several  notes  in  pencil  on  mar¬ 
gins. 

The  manner  in  which  copies  of  “Under  the  Microscope”  have  been 
absorbed  is  remarkable.  Five  hundred  copies  were  printed  in  1872, 
and  until  recent  years  examples  were  readily  obtainable  at  a  few 
dollars  each.  Now  copies  occur  at  increasingly  lengthened  intervals, 
and  find  a  prompt  and  ready  sale  at  $30  to  $40.  Mr.  Austin  and 
Mrs.  Stowe  might  well  congratulate  themselves,  even  while  they 
smarted  sorely,  that  the  full  vigour  of  the  poet’s  lash  was  reserved 
for  Robert  Buchanan. 

173.  SYMONDS  (John  Addington).  The  Sonnets  of 

Michael  Angelo  Buonarroti  and  Tommaso  Campanella,  now 
for  the  first  time  translated  into  Rhymed  English.  First  edi¬ 
tion.  Crown  8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  London :  Smith,  Elder  &  Co., 
1878.  $20.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  on  the  half-title,  “From  the 
Translator.  ’  ’ 

Oscar  Wilde’s  Copy 

174.  SYMONS  (John  Addington).  Studies  of  the 

Greek  Poets.  First  edition.  2  vols.,  8vo,  original  cloth,  un¬ 
cut,  enclosed  in  a  half  dark  blue  morocco  case.  London : 
Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  1873.  $200.00 

Oscar  Wilde’s  copy  with  his  autograph  on  both  titles  and  notes  by 
him. 

175.  SYMONS  (Arthur)  Association  Book.  Chaucer 

(Geoffrey).  His  Poems  Modernized  by  William  Words¬ 
worth,  Leigh  Hunt,  Mrs.  Browning,  with  a  long  Introduction 
by  R.  H.  Horne.  Sm.  8vo,  original  cloth,  the  top  margins  of 
the  title  and  contents  leaf  repaired.  London,  1841.  $6.00 

With  a  quotation  from  Robert  Browning,  in  the  autograph  of 
Arthur  Symons,  in  which  the  poet  denounces  the  modernization  of 
Chaucer,  although  Mrs.  Browning,  when  Miss  Barrett,  had  taken  part 
in  the  transmutation. 

176.  SYMONS  (Arthur).  Amoris  Victima.  Large 

Paper,  on  hand-made  paper.  Roval  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 
1897.  *  $17.50 

Only  25  copies  printed  on  Large  Paper.  Presentation  inscription 
on  the  title,  with  the  remark  “This  the  very  last  of  the  25.” 


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177.  SYMONS  (Arthur).  Days  and  Nights. 
London,  1889. 


8 vo,  cloth. 
$9.00 


First  edition,  with  author’s  autograph  on  fly-leaf. 

178.  SYMONS  (Arthur).  Days  and  Nights.  8 vo,  cloth. 
London,  1889.  $25.00 

First  Edition.  Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with  a  four-line 
poem  in  bis  handwriting: 

“ You  'praise  in  me  the  verse  that  brings 
A  Savour  only  life  can  give: 

This  booh  is  what  I  thought  of  things 
Before  I  had  begun  to  live.  ’  ’ 


179.  TAYLOR  (Bert  Leston).  Motley  Measures.  Ob¬ 
long  12mo,  boards.  Chicago,  The  Laurent  ian  Publishers, 
1913.  $1.00 

With  author’s  signature. 


180.  TAYLOR  (Henry).  Philip  van  Artevelde;  a  Dra¬ 
matic  Romance.  A  new  Edition.  12mo,  cloth.  London,  1883. 

$9.00 

From  Robert  Louis  Steveenson ’s  library  (covers  varnished),  with 
his  card  inserted. 


182.  TENNYSON  (Charles).  Sonnets  and  Fugitive 
Pieces.  12mo,  orig.  clo.  Cambridge,  B.  Bridges,  1830.  $25.00 

Inscription  on  fly-leaf : 

‘  ‘  B.  Beece, 

from  C.  Turner,  the  author, 

(the  post  dopes  Uaysasds)^ 
with  every  kindest  wish. 

July  18.,  1846.” 

[*  The  “utterly  bad  after  banquets.”] 

183.  TENNYSON  (Alfred).  Poems,  Chiefly  Lyrical. 

First  edition.  12mo,  original  boards,  uncut,  with  the  printed 
label,  enclosed  in  a  full  dark  brokn  morocco  pull-off  solander 
case.  London:  Effingham  Wilson,  1830.  $900.00 

An  exceptionally  fine  copy,  very  rare  in  this  state.  Tennyson’s 
first  published  book,  in  which  lie  stood  alone. 

Presentation  copy  to  Jane  Yonge,  with  fine  autograph  inscription 
on  the  fly-leaf  as  follows:  “Jane  Yonge  from  her  unworthy  friend 
the  Author.  No  imputation  is  here  cast  on  the  judgment  of  the  said 
Jane  Yonge  in  the  choice  of  a  friend;  nor  is  there  any  lurking  allu¬ 
sion  to  the  wellknown  adage  ‘Great  minds  will  descend ’  Condescen¬ 
sion  is  not  descension. 

- ‘The  blue  heaven  bends 

over  all .’ 

“S.  T.  C.” 

Also  visiting  card  of  Arthur  Tennyson. 

One  of  Tennyson's  College  Books,  with  Autograph  Signature 
and  Other  Inscribed  Words  of  Much  Interest 

184.  [TENNYSON  (Alfred)].  Q.  Curtii  Rufi  Historia 
Alexanrdi  Magni.  Thick  8vo,  old  calf,  enclosed  in  a  full 


831  Marshall  Field  Building,  Chicago 


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dark  brown  morocco  pull-off  case.  Amst.  Ex.  off  Elzevir, 
1664.  $75.00 

Inside  the  cover  is  written  in  the  autograph  of  the  poet:  “After 
Xt.  54.“  (This  probably  was  a  mere  note  of  date  occurring  in  his 
reading,  which  he  particularly  wished  to  remember.) 

Beneath  it,  but  evidently  quite  unconnected  with  it,  is  the  auto¬ 
graph — ‘ 1 A .  Tennyson.  ’  ’ 

Also  in  his  autograph,  but  written  in  pencil  is — “E.  lib  r is  G.  C. 
Tennyson  de  Somersby  In  Agro  Lincolnicnsi.” — The  Rev.  G.  G’.  Ten¬ 
nyson  was  the  father  of  the  poet,  and  Rector  of  Somersby,  where  the 
author  of  1  ‘  In  Memoriam  ’  ’  first  saw  the  light. 

This  volume  I  should  imagine  was  withdrawn  from  the  paternal 
library  by  Tennyson,  while  at  Cambridge,  as  the  handwriting  is  too 
determined  and  characteristic  to  have  been  produced  by  a  very  youth¬ 
ful  penman. 

185.  TENNYSON  (Alfred).  Idylls  of  the  King.  First 
edition.  12mo,  original  green  cloth,  uncut.  London:  Strahan 
A  Co.,  1869.  $12.50 

With  one  page  quotation  of  Swinburne  on  Tennyson  in  Arthur 
Symons’s  handwriting  on  fly-leaf. 

187.  TENNYSONIANA :  Hallam  (Arthur  Henry). 

Remains  in  Verse  and  Prose.  First  edition,  portrait.  Small 
8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  Privately  printed,  1853.  $18.00 

The  Preface  is  supposed  to  have  been  written  by  Tennyson,  who 
was  school-fellow  of  Hallam,  and  on  whose  death  he  composed  his 
masterpiece  ‘ 1  In  Memoriam.  ’  ’  This  book  comprises  among  many 
others  Hallam ’s  version  of  ‘  ‘  Timbuctoo,  ”  which  was  a  University 
Prize  in  1829,  and  on  which  occasion  Tennyson  carried  off  the  palm 
of  Victory. 

Presentation  copy.  ‘ 1 F.  G.  Lockhart,  Esq.,  from  the  Editor 
(Henry  Hallam) ,’  ’  is  inscribed  on  the  half-title. 

188.  VAN  DYKE  (Henry).  Fisherman’s  Luck  and 
Some  Other  Uncertain  Things.  Illustrated.  First  edition, 
crown  8vo,  cloth,  gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut.  New  York:  1899.  $9.00 

With  inscription  on  fly-leaf:  “Luck  is  often  nothing  more  than 
haring  your  tackle  ready  and  in  good  order.  Henry  Vein  Dyke.  Nov. 
20,  1906.“ 

189.  VINCENT  (Frank).  Around  and  About  South 

America.  Twenty  months  of  quest  and  query.  With  maps, 
plans,  and  illustrations.  8vo,  cloth.  New  York,  1897.  $8.00 

With  a  signed  inscription  by  the  Author. 

Washington  (Bushrod)  Association  Copy  of  Virginia  Acts 

189a.  VIRGINIA  ACTS:  The  Acts  of  Assembly  now  in 
Force  in  the  Colony  of  Virginia.  With  an  exact  table  to  the 
whole.  Published  by  Order  of  the  General  Assembly.  Wil¬ 
liamsburg,  Printed  by  W.  Rind,  A.  Pur  die ,  and  J.  Dixon, 


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1769.  Old  calf.  Enclosed  in  double  linen  case,  lined.  $200.00 

Inscriptions : 

On  fly-leaf:  “Corbin  Washington.” 

On  title-page:  “For  William  Augt  Washington.” 

On  cover:  “B.  Washington.  Atty.  at  Law, 

A  lexandria,  Y irginia  ’  ’ 
and  again  in  nitials  “B.  W.” 

Geo.  Corbin  Washington  was  a  grand-nephew  of  George  W.,  and  a 
son  of  William  Augustine  Washington,  the  son  of  George  W.  ’s 
brother,  John  Augustine. 

Bushrod  Washington  was  a  nephew  of  George  W.  and  heir  to  his 
books  and  papers.  He  held  the  position  of  a  judge  in  Philadelphia, 
but  lived  for  some  time  in  Virginia  and  is  the  author  of  Reports  in 
the  Court  of  Appeals  of  Virginia,  2  vols.,  1798-99. 

Apart  from  its  association  with  these  various  members  of  Wash¬ 
ington’s  family,  the  volume  is  a  very  desirable  book,  which  possesses 
great  interest  not  only  as  a  source  of  legal  history  but  also  for  the 
history  of  American  customs  and  forms  of  language  and  life. 

Napoleon’s  Copy ,  1807 

190.  VITON  (M.).  Histoire  Chronologique,  Gelealog- 

ique  et  Politique  de  la  Maison  de  Bade,  avec  une  description 
exacte  des  Villes,  Bourgs,  Villages,  Chateaux,  Fortresses, 
Fleuves,  Rivieres,  Montagues  et  Forets  du  Grand  Duche,  La 
Relation  des  Sieges,  Batailles  et  autres  evenements  memora- 
bles.  Le  noms  des  Homines  qui  se  sont  rendus  celebres  par 
leurs  vertus,  leurs  talens  ou  leur  forfaits,  etc.,  etc.  2  vols., 
8vo,  contemporary  green  morocco  with  the  Imperial  Arms  in 
gold  on  sides,  Eagle  and  Bee  in  back  panels,  old  rose  silk  lin¬ 
ings  and  fly-leaves,  gilt  edges.  Paris,  1807.  $150.00 

A  very  interesting  relic  of  Napoleon  when  at  the  height  of  his 
power.  He  was  connected  with  the  Ducal  House  of  Baden  by  the 
marriage  of  Stephanie  Tasha  de  la  Pagerie,  cousin  of  Josephine,  to 
Charles  Louis  Frederick,  Duke  of  Baden.  Each  volume  contains  the 
binder’s  ticket  of  the  Widow  Gueffier. 

In  dark  green  morocco  slip  case,  with  title  on  back. 

Walton’s  “Lives,”  with  Autograph  Inscription  by  the  Author 

191.  WALTON  (Izaak)  (1593-1683).  The  Lives  of  Dr. 

John  Donne,  Sir  Henry  Wotton,  Mr.  Richard  Hooker,  Mr. 
George  Herbert.  With  general  and  Separate  Title-pages,  and 
the  Portraits,  to  which  is  added  the  shrowded  portrait  of 
Donne.  All  First  Editions.  Portrait.  8vo,  original  calf,  in 
neat  morocco  pull-off  case.  London,  1670.  $450.00 

This  volume  has  a  history  of  much  interest.  Sir  John  Vaughn  was 
appointed  Chief  Justice,  Common  Pleas,  1668,  and  died  1674;  the 
book  fell,  many  years  after,  into  the  possession  of  Edmund  Malone, 
the  great  Shakesperian  commentator  and  Editor,  wdiose  autograph 
and  signature  are  upon  one  of  the  binder’s  end  leaves,  and  his  in¬ 
itials  upon  the  general  title-page.  Further:  On  the  binder’s  end- 
leaf  referred  to,  and  beneath  Malone’s  signature  are  30  lines  in  his 
autograph,  commencing:  “This  booh  was  a  presentation  copy  given 
to  Lord  Chief  Justice  Vaughn ,  and  is  corrected  throughout  by  tho 


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author,  whose  name  and  handwriting  is  on  the  leaf  opposite  the  title- 
page .  ”  These  30  lines  finish  on  the  reverse  page  and  have  the  in¬ 
itials  ( ‘  E.  if.  ”  beneath.  A  later  possessor  of  the  volume  was  Robert 
Clutterbuck,  the  Hertfordshire  historian,  who  has  inscribed  it,  over 
his  own  signature,  to  the  effect  that  he  purchased  it  at  the  sale  of  Mr. 
Malone ’s  books ;  and  that  in  1825  he  presented  it  to  the  Rev.  S.  Til- 
brook  of  Peter ’s  College  Cambridge,  ‘  ‘  a  brother  angler.  ’  ’  Mr.  Til- 
brook ’s  widow  afterwards  presented  it  to  Mr.  Clutterbuck ’s  niece. 

On  the  top  of  portrait  facing  the  title  is  the  inscription  in  Walton’s 
autograph,  “j for  my  Honourd  Lady  ye  Lady  Margaret  Countess  of 
Salisbury.  Iz.  Wa.” 


192.  WARD  (Mrs.  Humphrey).  Lady  Rose’s  Daugh¬ 

ter.  Illustrated  by  Howard  Chandler  Christy.  2  vols.,  8vo, 
in  blue  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  tops.  New  York  and  London,  Harper 
Bros.,  1903.  $5.00 

Signed  by  author,  with  card  also  signed  by  author  inserted.  Auto¬ 
graphed  edition  limited  to  350  copies. 

193.  WARD  (Mrs.  Humphrey).  Eltham  House.  First 
edition.  Crown  8vo,  in  original  blue  cloth.  London,  New 
York,  Toronto  &  Melbourne :  Cassell  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  1915.  $4.00 

With  card  inserted  signed  by  author. 

194.  WARD  (Mrs.  Humphrey).  Lady  Rose’s  Daugh¬ 
ter.  Illustrated  by  Howard  Chandler  Christy.  Crown  8vo, 
in  red  cloth.  New  York  and  London,  Harper  Bros.,  1903.  $4.00 

With  card  inserted  signed  by  author. 

195.  WARD  (Mrs.  Humphrey).  Robert  Elsmere.  First 

edition  (2  vols.),  12mo,  in  green  cloth,  uncut.  London,  Mac¬ 
millan  &  Co.,  1888.  $3.00 

With  card  inserted  signed  by  author. 

196.  WARD  (Mrs.  Humphrey).  England’s  Effort. 

Letters  to  an  American  Friend.  12mo,  in  cloth.  New  York, 
Charles  Scribner’s  Sons,  1916.  $2.00 

With  card  inserted  signed  by  author. 

197.  WARD  (Mary  A.).  The  Story  of  Bessie  Costrell. 

First  edition,  12mo,  in  original  cloth.  New  York,  Macmillan 
&  Co.,  1915.  $3.00 

With  author’s  signature  and  inscription  inserted. 

198.  WATSON  (William).  Lachrymae  Musarum  and 


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Other  Poems.  First  edition.  12mo,  original  cloth,  nncnt. 
London,  Macmillan  and  Co.,  1892.  $20.00 

Presentation  copy  with  the  following  inscription : 

“H.  1).  Traill  Esq.  from  his  younger  brother  in  the  Muses,  William 
Watson.  ’  ’ 

199.  WEAVER  (Thomas).  Plantagenet ’s  Tragicall 
Story  ;  or,  the  Death  of  King  Edward  the  Fourth  with  the  un- 
naturall  Voyage  of  Richard  the  Third  through  the  Red  Sea  of 
his  Nephew’s  innocent  blood  to  his  usurped  Crowne.  Portrait 
of  Weaver  by  Marshall  (remargined).  First  Edition.  12mo, 

old  English  black  morocco  gilt.  London,  1649.  $35.00 

Scarce.  Horace  Walpole’s  copy  with  his  book-plate. 

200.  WELLS  (H.  G.).  The  History  of  Mr.  Polly.  First 

edition,  crown  8vo,  in  original  green  cloth.  Illustrated.  Lon¬ 
don,  Thos.  Nelson  &  Sons,  1910.  $8.00 

With  inserted  autograph  inscription  in  the  author’s  handwriting: 
”  For  Republicanism  and  the  League  of  World  Peace.  H.  G.  Wells.’1 

201.  WELLS  (H.  G.).  The  Sea  Lady.  A  Tissue  of 

Moonshine.  First  edition,  crown  8vo,  in  the  original  cloth, 
uncut.  London,  Methuen  &  Co.,  1902.  $6.00 

With  inscription  in  author’s  handwriting. 

202.  WEYMAN  (Stanley  J.).  In  Kings’  Byway£ 

Short  Stories.  First  Edition.  Crown  8vo,  cloth.  London, 
1902.  '  $8.00 

Inscribed:  “ The  last  story  in  this  volume  teas  the  first  written 
and  the  best  liked  by  the  author.  After  it  I  prefer,  *  The  House  on 
the  Wald  .  .  Stanley  J.  Weyman.” 

203.  WHITMAN  (Walt).  Specimen  Days  &  Collect. 

8vo,  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut.  Illustrated  with  a  number  of  por¬ 
traits.  Philadelphia:  Rees,  Welch  &  Co.,  1882-83.  $25.00 

Presentation  copy.  “Josiah  Child  from  his  friend  the  author.” 

204.  WILDE  (Oscar).  The  Picture  of  Dorian  Gray. 

First  edition.  8vo,  full  polished  calf  gilt  extra,  gilt  top,  un¬ 
cut,  by  Riviere,  with  the  original  covers  bound  in.  London : 
Ward ,  Lock  &  Co.,  n.  d.  $100.00 

Presentation  copy  with  inscription  on  fly-leaf :  1 1  Roy,  from  his 

friend  the  author.  May.  91.” 

The  recipient  was  probably  Roy  Harriman  the  well-known  novelist 
and  dramaist. 

205.  WILDE  (Oscar).  Poems.  8vo,  cloth,  gilt,  gilt  top 

in  a  cloth  case.  London,  “ Bodley  Head ,  ”  1892.  $30.00 

Only  220  copies  printed,  signed  in  full  by  the  author. 

206.  WILDE  (Oscar).  “Ravenna,”  Newdigate  Prize 
Poem.  Ravenna.  Recited  in  the  Theatre  Oxford,  June  26. 
1878.  By  Oscar  Wilde,  Magdalen  College.  12mo,  original 


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blue^gray  wrappers  (the  back  one  slightly  scrubbed),  pp.  16. 
Oxford,  *1878.  ‘  $100.00 

The  first  issue,  with  the  arms  of  Oxford  on  the  cover,  and  with 
Wilde’s  inscription:  “ Harold  Boulton ,  with  the  compliments  of  the 
author.  ’  ’ 

207.  WHITING  (Lilian).  The  World  Beautiful. 

First,  Second,  and  Third  Series.  3  vols.,  orig.  cloth,  12mo. 
Boston,  1896-1899.  $6.00 

Each  volume  with  autograph  inscription  by  the  author. 

208.  WILSON  (Woodrow).  When  a  Man  Comes  to 

Himself.  12mo,  cloth.  New  York,  1915.  $12.50 

Autographed  by  author,  Washington,  1916. 

209.  WORDSWORTH  (William).  The  Poetical 

Works:  4  vols.,  12mo,  original  doth,  paper  labels,  uncut,  as 
issued.  London  :  Longmans  and  Co.,  1832.  $100.00 

Presentation  copy,  with  inscription  in  the  author ’s  autograph  in 
Vol.  II:  “ FiOhert  Southey  from  JVm.  Wordsworth .” 


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210.  WORDSWORTH  (William).  Poems.  First  edi¬ 
tion.  2  vols.,  half  mottled  calf,  marbled  edges.  London,  1807. 

$30.00  • 

This  work  must  not  be  confounded  with  the  Lyrical  Ballads,  which 
is  an  entirely  distinct  book.  A  few  of  the  poems  in  the  edition  were 
never  reprinted,  and  many  of  the  others  greatly  altered. 

From  the  Library  of  Charles  Lloyd  with  his  bookplate. 

211.  WORDSWORTH  (William).  The  White  Doe  of 

Rylstone;  or,  The  Fate  of  the  Nortons.  A  Poem.  Frontis¬ 
piece  engraved  by  Bromley.  First  Edition,  4to,  panelled  calf  ij 
gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut.  London:  Printed  for  Longman,  Hurst  ! 
&  Co.,  1815.  '  $20.00  j 

A  very  fine  uncut  copy  of  the  First  Edition  from  the  collection  of  ,■ 
J.  H.  Shorthouse,  with  bookplate. 

212.  YEATS  (William  Butler).  The  Green  Helmet,  I 

and  other  Poems.  8vo,  boards,  linen  back  with  label.  Church-  ) 
town,  Dundrum,  The  Cuala  Press ,  1910.  $50.00  j 

One  of  an  edition  of  400  copies.  Presentation  copy,  inscribed  in 
autograph:  “Mrs.  Drey,  from  Mrs.  Yeats,  Nov.  24,  1910,”  in  W.  B. 
Yeats’s  hand;  also  A.  L.  S.  by  the  author,  inserted. 

213.  YEATS  (William  Butler).  The  Countess  Cath-  | 

leen.  8vo,  paper.  London,  Unwin,  1912.  $20.00  $ 

With  autograph  and  typewritten  emendations  by  the  author. 

214.  YEATS  (William  Butler).  Poetry  and  Ireland:! 
Essays  by  W.  B.  Yeats  and  Lionel  Johnson.  8vo,  boards,  cloth  j 
back,  with  label.  Churchtown,  Dundrum,  Cuala  Press ,  1908.  f 

$35.00  1 

Autograph  presentation  copy:  “Ella  Young,  from  W.  B.  Yeats, 
Xmas  1908.” 

215.  YEATS  (William  Butler).  The  Wind  Among  1 
the  Reeds.  8vo,  cloth.  London,  Elkin  Mathews,  1899.  $30.00 1 

Autograph  presentation  copy:  “  B.  King,  with  the  affectionate  N 
regards  of  W.  B.  Yeats.” 


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